Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 198·Makkī

198

وَإِن إِلَى لَا إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا ﴿١٩٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 6 roots in 6 of 12 words

Recitation · 20 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Qalqalah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ3

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

12 words · 52 letters · āyah 198 of 206

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَٰمِتُونَ

    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.

  • إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ دُعَآءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا۟ مَا ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ

    If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection they will deny your association. And none…

  • وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    And among them are those who look at you. But can you guide the blind although they will not [attempt to] see?

  • وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْغَيْبُ لِلَّهِ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ

    And they say, "Why is a sign not sent down to him from his Lord?" So say, "The unseen is only for Allah [to administer], so wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."

  • وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُوكَ يُجَٰدِلُونَكَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign…

  • لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

    You are not over them a controller.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:722 shared roots

    قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

    س-م-عد-ع-و

  • Yunus 10:433 shared roots

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    ن-ظ-رب-ص-ره-د-ي

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:203 shared roots

    وَٱللَّهُ يَقْضِى بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَقْضُونَ بِشَىْءٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ

    ب-ص-رس-م-عد-ع-و

  • Al-Alaq 96:112 shared roots

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

    ه-د-ير-أ-ي

  • An-Naml 27:352 shared roots

    وَإِنِّى مُرْسِلَةٌ إِلَيْهِم بِهَدِيَّةٍ فَنَاظِرَةٌۢ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    ن-ظ-ره-د-ي

  • Taa-Haa 20:462 shared roots

    قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ

    س-م-عر-أ-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:198?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:198 include Quran 7:193 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 35:14 (Surah Faatir), Quran 10:43 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 10:20 (Surah Yunus). For example, 7:193 reads: “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.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 7:198 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:198 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.”

Which surah is verse 7:198 in?

Quran 7:198 is āyah 198 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:198?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:198 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.