Surah Ar-Ra'd, ayah 14
لَهُۥ دَعْوَةُ ٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُونَ لَهُم بِشَىْءٍ إِلَّا كَبَـٰسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَـٰلِغِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا دُعَآءُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ
To Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e., futility].
Ar-Ra'd · 13:14
Word by word
- لَهُۥlahuTo Him
- دَعْوَةُdaʿwatu(is) supplication
- ٱلْحَقِّ ۖl-ḥaqi(of) the truth
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whom
- يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke
- مِنminbesides Him
- دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
- لَاlānot
- يَسْتَجِيبُونَyastajībūnathey respond
- لَهُمlahumto them
- بِشَىْءٍbishayinwith a thing
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- كَبَـٰسِطِkabāsiṭilike one who stretches
- كَفَّيْهِkaffayhihis hands
- إِلَىilātowards
- ٱلْمَآءِl-māiwater
- لِيَبْلُغَliyablughato reach
- فَاهُfāhuhis mouth
- وَمَاwamābut not
- هُوَhuwait
- بِبَـٰلِغِهِۦ ۚbibālighihireaches it
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- دُعَآءُduʿāu(is) the supplication
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers
- إِلَّاillābut
- فِىfīin
- ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
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