لَهُۥ To Him lahu (is) supplication daʿwatu (of) the truth l-ḥaqi And those whom wa-alladhīna they invoke yadʿūna besides Him min besides Him dūnihi not lā they respond yastajībūna to them lahum with a thing bishayin except illā like one who stretches kabāsiṭi his hands kaffayhi towards ilā water l-māi to reach liyablugha his mouth fāhu but not wamā it huwa reaches it bibālighihi And not wamā (is) the supplication duʿāu (of) the disbelievers l-kāfirīna but illā in fī error ḍalālin
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].1 And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e., futility].