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˺. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error ˹i.e. futility˺.
لَهُ دَعْوَةُ الْحَقِّ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُونَ لَهُمْ بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا كَبَاسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى الْمَاءِ لِيَبْلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَالِغِهِ ۚ وَمَا دُعَاءُ الْكَافِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ