Tafsir for verse: 7:198
وَإِن تَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ لَا يَسۡمَعُواْۖ وَتَرَىٰهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيۡكَ وَهُمۡ لَا يُبۡصِرُونَ ١٩٨ ﴿198﴾
198If you call them for guidance, they shall not hear. You see them as if they are looking at you, while they cannot see.
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Commentary
They look at you, resembling those who look at you, because they have shaped their idols in the image of one whose gaze is directed towards something he is looking at, while they do not see and they do not perceive the visible.
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