The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
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وَإِن
تَدْعُوهُمْ
إِلَى
الْهُدَى
لَا
يَسْمَعُوا
وَتَرَاهُمْ
يَنظُرُونَ
إِلَيْكَ
وَهُمْ
لَا
يُبْصِرُونَ
wa-ʾin tadʿūhum ʾilā l-hudā lā yasmaʿū wa-tarāhum yanẓurūna ʾilayka wa-hum lā yubṣirūna
If you call them to guidance, they will not hear. You see them facing you, but they do not see.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not.