The Thunder
13. Ar-Raʿd
الرعد
al-Ra‘d (Thunder)
ٱلرَّعْد
13:14
لَهُ
دَعْوَةُ
الْحَقِّ
وَالَّذِينَ
يَدْعُونَ
مِن
دُونِهِ
لَا
يَسْتَجِيبُونَ
لَهُم
بِشَيْءٍ
إِلَّا
كَبَاسِطِ
كَفَّيْهِ
إِلَى
الْمَاءِ
لِيَبْلُغَ
فَاهُ
وَمَا
هُوَ
بِبَالِغِهِ
وَمَا
دُعَاءُ
الْكَافِرِينَ
إِلَّا
فِي
ضَلَالٍ
lahū daʿwatu l-ḥaqqi wa-lladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihī lā yastajībūna lahum bi-shayʾin ʾillā ka-bāsiṭi kaffayhi ʾilā l-māʾi li-yablugha fāhu wa-mā huwa bi-bālighihī wa-mā duʿāʾu l-kāfirīna ʾillā fī ḍalālin
Prayer to Him is the true prayer. Those to whom they pray instead of God will answer none of their prayers. It is as though one stretches his hands out to the water that can never reach his mouth. The prayers of the unbelievers will get nowhere.
