Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and, if you pray to them for guidance, do not respond to you? As far as you are concerned, it is all one whether you invoke them or keep silent
M. M. Pickthall
And if ye call them to the Guidance, they follow you not. Whether ye call them or are silent is all one for you
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey: For you it is the same whether ye call them or ye hold your peace
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And if you ˹idolaters˺ call upon them for guidance, they cannot respond to you. It is all the same whether you call them or remain silent.
Safi Kaskas
If you [Believers] offer guidance to such people, they won’t follow you: it makes no difference whether you offer it to them or remain silent.
Wahiduddin Khan
It makes no difference whether you call on them or remain silent. If you call them to the right path, they will not follow you
Shakir
And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow you; it is the same to you whether you invite them or you are silent
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And if you call them to the guidance, they will not follow you. It is equal whether you called to them or you be ones who remain quiet.
T.B.Irving
If you summon them to guidance, they will not follow you; it is the same for you whether you appeal to them or keep silent:
Abdul Hye
If you call them to the guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same for you whether you call them or you are silent.
The Study Quran
And if you call them to guidance, they follow you not. It is the same for you whether you call them or whether you remain silent
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And if you invite them for guidance, they won’t follow you. It is the same whether you call them or you remain silent.
Talal Itani (2012)
And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same for you, whether you invite them, or remain silent
Dr. Kamal Omar
And if you call them to guidance, they follow you not. It is same for you whether you call them or you are those who remain silent
If you invite them to guidance they will not follow you. It will be all the same for you whether you call them or hold your peace
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And in case you (i.e. the believers) call them to the guidance, they do not ever follow you; equal it is to you whether you call them, or whether you are silent.
Muhammad Sarwar
Believers, even if you invite them to true guidance, they will not follow you. It makes no difference whether you invite them or whether you keep quiet
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
If you call them to the right path, they will not follow you. It is all the same for them whether you call them or remain silent
Shabbir Ahmed
When you invite them to the Guidance, they follow you not. It is the same for you whether you invite them or remain silent
Dr. Munir Munshey
"If you invite them towards guidance, they will not follow. It is all the same to them whether you call out to them or stay silent."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
If you call them to guidance, they follow you not: For you it is the same whether you call them or you hold your peace
And if you [believers] invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is all the same for you whether you invite them or you are silent
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And if you invite them to the guidance they will not follow you. It is the same whether you invite them or simply keep quiet
Abdel Haleem
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
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And if ye call them toward guidance they follow you not: it is the same to you whether ye call them or are silent
Ahmed Ali
If you call them to guidance they will not follow you. It is all the same if you call them or hold your tongue
Aisha Bewley
If you call them to guidance they will not follow you. It makes no difference if you call them or stay silent.
Ali Ünal
And if you call them in the direction of guidance, they do not follow you: It is the same for you whether you call to them or remain silent
Ali Quli Qara'i
And if you call them to guidance, they will not follow you: it is the same to you whether you call them or whether you are silent
Hamid S. Aziz
But if you call them unto guidance they follow you not. It is all the same to them if you call them or if you hold your tongue
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And if you (believers) invite them (the idolaters) to the guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same for you whether you invite them or you are silent.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
If you call them to guidance, they will not follow. For you it is the same whether you call them or you hold your peace
Musharraf Hussain
if you call them towards guidance, they will not follow you? It is all the same for those partners whether you pray to them or stay silent
Maududi
And if you call them to true guidance, they will not follow you. It is all the same for you whether you call them to true guidance or keep silent
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And if you invite them to the guidance they will not follow you. It is the same whether you invite them or simply keep quiet.
Mohammad Shafi
And if you invite them to guidance, they follow you not. It is immaterial whether you invite them or not
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And if you call them towards guidance, they will not follow you. It is same to you whether you call them or you remain silent.
When you invite them to the guidance, they do not follow you. Thus, it is the same for them whether you invite them, or remain silent.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
If you call them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same whether you call them or you are silent
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same to you whether you invite them or you are silent
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And if you call them to the guidance, they do not follow you, (it is) equal/alike on you, if you called them, or you are silent
Bijan Moeinian
If you invite them [change their attitude and] to follow the right path, they will not follow you. It will be all the same for you whether you call them or remain silent
Faridul Haque
And if you call the disbelievers to guidance, they do not follow you; it is the same for you, whether you invite them or remain silent
Sher Ali
And if you call them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same to you whether you call them or you remain silent
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And if you call them to (the path of) guidance, they will not follow you. For you, it is all the same whether you call them (towards guidance and truth) or you remain silent
Amatul Rahman Omar
And if you (O Polytheists!) invite these (associated gods) for (your) guidance, they will not respond to you. It makes no difference to you whether you call them or you remain silent
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And if you call them to guidance, they follow you not. It is the same for you whether you call them or you keep silent
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And even if you call them to the guidance, they will follow you not. It is all the same for them whether you call them or you remain silent.
Munir Mezyed
If it happens that you provide a means for them to get this awesome opportunity for receiving salvation, they will not follow you. It is all the same whether you provide a means for them or you remain silent.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And if you call them to the guidance, they do not follow you. It makes no difference to them whether you call them or remain silent.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
If you called (the idolaters) to guidance, they will not follow you. It makes no difference whether you call them or say nothing.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And if yousg call them to guidance, they do not follow you. It is the same for you whether you call them or remain silent.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
If you summon them to guidance, they will not follow you; it is the same for you whether you appeal to them or keep silent:
Samy Mahdy
And if you call them for guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same upon you, whether you call them, or you are silencing.
Sayyid Qutb
If you call them to guidance they will not follow you. It is all the same whether you call them or keep silent.
Ahmed Hulusi
If you invite them to guidance (the realization of one’s essential reality) they will not follow you... Whether you invite them or remain silent, it is all the same.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
193- And if you invite them unto guidance, they will not follow you; it is the same to you whether you invite them or whether you are silent
And if you idolaters invoke them to offer you counsel they shall not respond whether your invocatory prayer is expressed in words or in thought
Mir Aneesuddin
And if you invite them towards guidance, they do not follow you, it is the same to you whether you invite them or you be silent.
The Wise Quran
And if you call them to guidance they will not follow you. Equal on you whether you call them or you are silent.