سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ

Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 198

The Heights · Meccan · Juz 9 · Page 176

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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ ﴿198﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

And if you call them to guidance, they hear not and you will see them looking at you, yet they see not.

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

وَإِن wa-in And if
تَدْعُوهُمْ tadʿūhum you call them
إِلَى ilā to
ٱلْهُدَىٰ l-hudā the guidance
لَا lā not
يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ yasmaʿū do they not
وَتَرَىٰهُمْ watarāhum And you see them
يَنظُرُونَ yanẓurūna looking
إِلَيْكَ ilayka at you
وَهُمْ wahum but they
لَا lā not
يُبْصِرُونَ yub'ṣirūna (do) they see

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(Ayah 198) {وَ تَرٰىهُمْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَيْكَ … :} That is, when the polytheists make the images of their idols, they make their eyes in such a way that whoever looks at them feels as if they are truly seeing, but when they are lifeless idols, how can they see? (Ibn Jarir) Or the meaning of the verse is that the polytheists apparently have eyes but are blind in insight, therefore nothing makes sense to them. (Ibn Kathir)

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

198. 1. Its meaning is the same as that of verse 193.

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198. And if you call them to guidance, they do not hear you. You see them looking at you, but in fact, they do not see anything [196].

[196]
The Condition of the Idols:

In this verse, the idols of the polytheists are mentioned again: they make their eyes large and wide open, so that it appears as if they are staring at you intently, even though they have no vision at all. Also, the addressees of this verse can be considered the polytheists and deniers themselves, who seem to see with their physical eyes, but do not see anything with the eyes of their hearts and do not use their insight for anything.
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