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Muhammad Asad   
and if you pray unto them for guidance, they do not hear; and though thou mayest imagine that they behold thee, they do not see."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
If you ˹idolaters˺ call them to guidance, they cannot hear. And you ˹O Prophet˺ may see them facing towards you, but they cannot see.
Safi Kaskas   
and if you pray to them for guidance, they do not hear and although you may imagine that they see you, they do not see.

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Arabic   
وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا وَتَرَاهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُون
Transliteration (2021)   
wa-in tadʿūhum ilā l-hudā lā yasmaʿū watarāhum yanẓurūna ilayka wahum lā yub'ṣirūn
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And if you call them to the guidance not do they hear. And you see them looking at you but they not (do) they see.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and if you pray unto them for guidance, they do not hear; and though thou mayest imagine that they behold thee, they do not see."
M. M. Pickthall   
And if ye (Muslims) call them to the guidance they hear not; and thou (Muhammad) seest them looking toward thee, but they see not
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
If you ˹idolaters˺ call them to guidance, they cannot hear. And you ˹O Prophet˺ may see them facing towards you, but they cannot see.
Safi Kaskas   
and if you pray to them for guidance, they do not hear and although you may imagine that they see you, they do not see.
Wahiduddin Khan   
If you call them to the right path, they will not hear you. You find them looking towards you, but they do not see you
Shakir   
And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking towards you, yet they do not see
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And if you call them to the guidance, they hear not. Thou hast seen them look on thee, but they perceive not.
T.B.Irving   
If you summon them to guidance, they will not hear, and you will see them looking towards you while they are [really] not seeing [anything]."
Abdul Hye   
And if you call them to the guidance, they don’t hear and you see them looking at you, yet they don’t see.
The Study Quran   
If thou callest them unto guidance, they hear not. Thou seest them looking upon thee, but they see not
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And if you call them to guidance they do not listen. And you see them, they look at you, yet they see not (the reality).”
Farook Malik   
If you call them to guidance, they cannot even hear what you say, although it appears as if they are looking at you, they do not see
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
And if you call them to guidance, they will not hear. And you see them looking at you, yet they do not see
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And in case you call them to the guidance, they do not hear, and you see them looking at you, and they do not behold.
Muhammad Sarwar   
(Muhammad), if you invite them to the right guidance, they will not listen to you. You will see them looking at you but they do not really see
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
If you call them for guidance, they shall not hear. You see them as if they are looking at you, while they cannot see
Shabbir Ahmed   
Such people are lost in their reverence of false deities. When you invite them to Guidance, they hear without listening and you see them looking at you, but they see not
Dr. Munir Munshey   
"If you invite them towards the guidance, they will not hear. You think they are looking at you, but they do not see a thing!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
If you call them to guidance— They will not hear, you will see them looking at you, yet they do not see
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And if you invite them to the guidance, they do not listen. And you see them looking at you, while they do not see
Abdel Haleem   
If you [believers] call such people to guidance, they do not hear. You [Prophet] may observe them looking at you, but they can-not see
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And if ye Call them towards guidance they will not hear and thou wilt behold them looking at thee, but they see not
Ahmed Ali   
When you call upon them for guidance, they do not hear. When you think they are looking at you, (in fact) they cannot see."
Aisha Bewley   
If you call them to guidance, they do not hear. You see them looking at you, yet they do not see.
Ali Ünal   
If you call them to the guidance, they will not hear. And you see them looking at you (and may suppose that they have the power of seeing), but they do not see (having no insight or perceptiveness)."
Ali Quli Qara'i   
If you call them to guidance, they will not hear. You see them observing you, but they do not perceive
Hamid S. Aziz   
But if you call them unto the guidance, they hear not. You will see them looking at you, yet they see not
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And if you invite them (the polytheists) to the guidance, they do not hear, and you see them looking at you while they do not see
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
If you call them for guidance, they hear not. You will see them looking at you, but they see not
Musharraf Hussain   
if you call them towards guidance, they won’t hear. You may think they are seeing you, but they can’t see.”
Maududi   
And if you were to call them to true guidance, they will not hear; and you observe them looking at you whereas they have no power to see.´
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And when you invite them to the guidance, they do not listen. And you see them looking at you, while they do not see.
Mohammad Shafi   
And if you invite them to the Guidance, they do not listen. And you see them looking towards you, yet they do not see

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And if you call them towards guidance, they hear not. And you see them looking at you, and they see nothing.
Rashad Khalifa   
When you invite them to the guidance, they do not hear. And you see them looking at you, but they do not see.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
If you call them to guidance, they will not hear you. You see them looking towards you, but they cannot see
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not; and thou seest them looking towards thee, yet they see not
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
And if you call them to the guidance, they do not hear/listen, and you see them looking/watching to you, and they are not seeing/understanding
Bijan Moeinian   
When you invite them to the right path, their ears does not process your call. Although it seems that they are looking at you, they do not see nothing
Faridul Haque   
And if you call them to guidance they do not listen; and you (Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) observe them looking towards you, whereas they do not perceive anything
Sher Ali   
And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not. And thou seest them looking towards thee, but they see not
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And if you call them towards guidance, they cannot (even) hear. And you see these (idols are sculptured in such a way) as if they were looking at you, whereas they do not see (anything)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And if you call these (polytheists) to guidance they will not even be able to hear (you speak). And though you see them (as if they are) looking at you while (as a matter of fact) they do not see (anything being absent minded as they are)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And if you call them to guidance, they hear not and you will see them looking at you, yet they see not

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
If you call them to the guidance they do not hear; and thou seest them looking at thee, unperceiving
George Sale   
And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not. And thou seest them looking towards thee, but they see not
Edward Henry Palmer   
But if ye call them unto the guidance they will not hear, thou mayest see them looking towards thee, yet they do not see
John Medows Rodwell   
And if ye summon them to "the guidance," they hear you not: thou seest them look towards thee, but they do not see
N J Dawood (2014)   
If you call them to the right guidance, they will not hear. You find them looking towards you, but they cannot see

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
If you call (the idolaters) to guidance, they won’t even hear you. You will see them looking at you, but they see nothing.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
If you summon them to guidance, they will not hear, and you will see them looking towards you while they are [really] not seeing [anything]."
Sayyid Qutb   
If you pray to them for guidance, they will not hear you. You may see them looking at you but they do not see.
Ahmed Hulusi   
If you call them for guidance they will not hear... You will think they are looking at you but they will not see!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And if you call them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking towards you, but they do not see
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
"And if you should invoke them to offer you counsel they cannot hear you, and you can see their artificial eyes staring vacantly at you, unable to see"
Mir Aneesuddin   
And if you invite them towards guidance they do not hear and you see them looking towards you but they do not see.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And if you call them to the guidance they do not hear. And you see them looking at you but they (do) not see