لَهُۥ To Him دَعْوَةُ (is) supplication ٱلْحَقِّ ۖ (of) the truth وَٱلَّذِينَ And those whom يَدْعُونَ they invoke مِن besides Him دُونِهِۦ besides Him لَا not يَسْتَجِيبُونَ they respond لَهُم to them بِشَىْءٍ with a thing إِلَّا except كَبَـٰسِطِ like one who stretches كَفَّيْهِ his hands إِلَى towards ٱلْمَآءِ water لِيَبْلُغَ to reach فَاهُ his mouth وَمَا but not هُوَ it بِبَـٰلِغِهِۦ ۚ reaches it وَمَا And not دُعَآءُ (is) the supplication ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ (of) the disbelievers إِلَّا but فِى in ضَلَـٰلٍۢ error ١٤
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].
— Come To Light