The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:193

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِن wa-in
And if Prep
you call them V
إِلَى ilā
to Prep
the guidance Noun
لَا
not Prep
will they follow you V
(It is) same Noun
for you Prep
whether you call them V
or Prep
you Noun
صَٰمِتُونَ ṣāmitūna
remain silent Noun

If you [believers] call such people to guidance, they do not fol-low you: it makes no difference whether you call them or remain silent

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِن تَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ لَا یَتَّبِعُوكُمۡۚ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡكُمۡ أَدَعَوۡتُمُوهُمۡ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ صَـٰمِتُونَ ۝١٩٣

wa-in tadʿūhum ilā l-hudā lā yattabiʿūkum sawāon ʿalaykum adaʿawtumūhum am antum ṣāmitūn