To Him belongs the call to truth. Those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with anything—except as someone who stretches his hands towards water, so that it may reach his mouth, but it does not reach it. The prayers of the unbelievers are only in vain.
تنها او راست دعوت حقّ و آنان كه جز او را مى‌خوانند، [آن پرستيدگان‌] هيچ پاسخى بديشان ندهند [و هيچ نيازى از آنان بر نياورند] مگر مانند كسى كه دو دست خويش به سوى آب گشاده تا [آب‌] به دهانش برسد ولى به دهان او رسنده نيست. و خواندن كافران جز در گمراهى- بى‌حاصلى- نباشد.