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Muhammad Asad   
And [they] will be told: “Call [now] unto those [beings or powers] to whom you were wont to ascribe a share in God’s divinity!” and they will call unto them [for help], but those [fake objects of worship] will not respond to them: whereupon they will see the suffering [that awaits them - the suffering which could have been avoided] if only they had allowed themselves to be guided
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
It will be said ˹to the disbelievers˺, “Call upon your associate-gods ˹for help˺.” So they will call them, but will receive no response. And they will face the punishment, wishing they had been ˹rightly˺ guided!
Safi Kaskas   
It will be said to them, "Call those 'partners.' " They will call them, but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment [that awaits]. If only they had followed Our guidance!

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Arabic   
وَقِیلَ ٱدۡعُوا۟ شُرَكَاۤءَكُمۡ فَدَعَوۡهُمۡ فَلَمۡ یَسۡتَجِیبُوا۟ لَهُمۡ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابَۚ لَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ یَهۡتَدُونَ ۝٦٤
Transliteration (2021)   
waqīla id'ʿū shurakāakum fadaʿawhum falam yastajībū lahum wara-awū l-ʿadhāba law annahum kānū yahtadūn
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And it will be said, "Call your partners." And they will call them, but not they will respond to them and they will see the punishment. If only [that] they had been guided!

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
And [they] will be told: “Call [now] unto those [beings or powers] to whom you were wont to ascribe a share in God’s divinity!” and they will call unto them [for help], but those [fake objects of worship] will not respond to them: whereupon they will see the suffering [that awaits them - the suffering which could have been avoided] if only they had allowed themselves to be guided
M. M. Pickthall   
And it will be said: Cry unto your (so-called) partners (of Allah). And they will cry unto them, and they will give no answer unto them, and they will see the Doom. Ah, if they had but been guided
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
It will be said (to them): "Call upon your 'partners' (for help)" :they will call upon them, but they will not listen to them; and they will see the Penalty (before them); (how they will wish) 'if only they had been open to guidance!
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
It will be said ˹to the disbelievers˺, “Call upon your associate-gods ˹for help˺.” So they will call them, but will receive no response. And they will face the punishment, wishing they had been ˹rightly˺ guided!
Safi Kaskas   
It will be said to them, "Call those 'partners.' " They will call them, but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment [that awaits]. If only they had followed Our guidance!
Wahiduddin Khan   
Then they will be told, Call upon your partners. And they will call upon them, but will receive no answer. They shall witness the punishment. If only they had allowed themselves to be guided
Shakir   
And it will be said: Call your associate-gods. So they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they shall see the punishment; would that they had followed the right way
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And it would be said: Call to your ascribed associates. Then, they will call to them, but they will not respond to them and they will see the punishment. If only they had been truly guided!
T.B.Irving   
Someone will say: "Appeal to your associates!" So they will appeal to them, yet they will not answer them. They will see the Torment-if only they had accepted guidance!
Abdul Hye   
And it will be said (to them): “Call upon your partners (of Allah).” So they will call upon them but they will not answer to them and they will see the punishment. They will wish if they had been guided!
The Study Quran   
It will be said, “Call upon your partners.” So they will call upon them, but they will not answer them. And they will see the punishment—if only they had been rightly guided
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Then it will be said, “Call upon your associates.” They will call upon them, but they won’t answer them. They will witness the suffering and wish they had followed guidance.
Talal Itani (2012)   
And it will be said, 'Call on your partners.' And they will call on them, but they will not respond to them. And they will see the suffering. If only they were guided
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And it was said (to them): “Call upon your (so-called) partners (of Allah). So they called them but they did not respond to them and they have (already) seen the torment. (They then wished) if only they had been guided
M. Farook Malik   
Then they will be told: "Appeal to your shoraka' (associate gods)," so they will appeal them but will get no answer. They will see the punishment and wish that they had accepted guidance
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And it will be said, "Invoke your associates!" So they will invoke them, yet they will not respond to them, and they will see the torment. If (only) they had been (ready to be) guided
Muhammad Sarwar   
They will be told to call their idols. They will call them but will receive no answer. They will see the torment approaching and wish that they had sought guidance
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
And it will be said, .Call those whom you held as co-gods. So they will call them, but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. Would that they had taken the right path
Shabbir Ahmed   
And it will be said, "Call upon all your 'partners'" - but the 'partners' will not answer them. Whereupon they will see the suffering - Ah, if they had allowed themselves to be guided
Dr. Munir Munshey   
They will be told, "Call your partners!" And call they will! But they shall hear no response. Instead, they will see the torment! If only they had adopted the guidance
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And it will be said (to them): "Call to your 'partners' (for help):" They will call to them, but they will not listen to them; And they will see the penalty (before them); (They will wish:) "Only if they were open to guidance!"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And it will be said, "Invoke your 'partners' " and they will invoke them; but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had followed guidance
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And it will be said: "Call upon your partners," but they will not respond to them. And they will see the retribution. If only they were guided
Abdel Haleem   
It will then be said to them, ‘Now call those you worshipped as partners,’ and they will call them but receive no answer. They will see the suffering and wish they had followed guidance
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And it shall be said: Call upon your associate-gods. And they shall call upon them, and they shall not answer them, and they shall behold the torment. Would that they had received the guidance
Ahmed Ali   
(The sinners) will be told: "Invoke your partners." They will call on them, but they will not answer; and they will see the torment (and wish) if only they had come to guidance
Aisha Bewley   
They will be told, ´Call on your partner-gods!´ They will call on them but they will not respond to them. They will see the punishment. Oh if only they had been guided!
Ali Ünal   
And it will be said (to those who associated them as partners with God): "Call for help now upon your associate-deities!" And they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they will see the punishment in front of them. If only they had followed the right guidance
Ali Quli Qara'i   
It will be said, ‘Invoke your partners!’ So they will invoke them, but they will not respond to them, and they will sight the punishment, wishing they had followed guidance
Hamid S. Aziz   
And it will be said, "Call upon your pretend partners; and they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they shall see the Doom. Ah, would that they had been guided right
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And it will be said: “Call on your partners (of God).” So, they call them, but they do not answer them and they see the punishment, (and they wish) if only they were guided.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
It will be said to them, “Call upon your partners for help,” they will call upon them, but they will not listen to them, and they will see the penalty before them, they will wish, "If only they had been open to guidance.
Musharraf Hussain   
Then they will be told: “Call on your partners for help,” and when they call them they will not answer. When they see the punishment they’ll wish they had, if only they had been guided.
Maududi   
They will then be told: "Call upon those for help whom you declared to be Our associates." They will then call upon them but they will not answer them. They will have observed the chastisement in front of them. Would that they were guided
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And it will be said: "Call upon your partners," but they will not respond to them. And they will see the retribution. If only they were guided
Mohammad Shafi   
And they will be told, "Call those whom you worshipped besides Allah." And they will call them, but they will give no answer to them! And they will see the punishment before them. Ah, had they but been guided

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And it shall be said to them, 'call your partners, therefore they will call, but they shall not hear them and they shall see the torment What a good thing would have been if they had got the way'?
Rashad Khalifa   
It will be said, "Call upon your idols (to help you)." They will call upon them, but they will not respond. They will suffer the retribution, and wish that they were guided!
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
It will be said to them: 'Call on your associates! ' And they will call on them, but they will not respond to them, and they shall see the punishment if only they had been guided
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And it will be said: Call your associate-gods. So they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they will see the chastisement. Would that they had followed the right way
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And (it) was said: "Call your partners." so they called them, so they did not answer/reply to them, and they saw/understood the torture. If only that they were being guided
Bijan Moeinian   
Then it will be said : “Now call upon those whom you literally worshipped.” The idol worshippers would call their idols but will get no response; then they will face their punishment. If they had only followed My guidance
Faridul Haque   
And it will be said to them, “Call unto your ascribed partners” – so they will call unto them and they will not listen to them, and they will behold the punishment; if only they had obtained guidance
Sher Ali   
And it will be said to the idolaters, `Now call upon your so-called partners.' And they will call upon them, but they will not answer them. And they will see the punishment and wish that they had followed the guidance
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And it will be said (to them): ‘Call your (self-made) partners.’ So they will call them but they (the partners) will not respond to them and those people will see the torment. Would that they had taken guidance (in the world)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
It will be said (to them), `Call on your (so called) associated partners (with God).' So they will call on them but they will give them no answer. And they will (actually) see the punishment. (How good it would have been) if they had followed the right path
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And it will be said (to them): "Call upon your (so-called) partners (of Allah), and they will call upon them, but they will give no answer to them, and they will see the torment. (They will then wish) if only they had been guided

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
It shall be said, 'Call you now upon your associates!' And they will call upon them, but they shall not answer them, and they shall see the chastisement-ah, if they had been guided
George Sale   
And it shall be said unto the idolaters, call now upon those whom ye associated with God: And they shall call upon them, but they shall not answer them; and they shall see the punishment prepared for them, and shall wish that they had submitted to be directed
Edward Henry Palmer   
And it will be said, 'Call upon your partners;' and they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they shall see the torment; would that they had been guided
John Medows Rodwell   
And it shall be said, "Call now on those whom ye made God's companions:" and they shall call on them, but they will not answer them. And they shall see the punishment, and wish that they had been guided aright
N J Dawood (2014)   
Then they will be told: ‘Call on your idols!‘ And they will call on them, but they shall get no answer. They shall behold the scourge and wish that they were rightly guided

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And it will be said [unto them], “Call your partners”, and so they will call them but they will not respond to them and they will see the punishment. If only they used to be on right guidance.
Munir Mezyed   
It will be said: "Call upon your associates." And they will call upon them but they won’t respond to them. Lo! They will see the punishment approaching and wish that they had sought to attain spiritual growth.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And it will be said: call your associates, so they call them but they will not respond to them, and they see the punishment - if only they were guided.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
It will be said, “Call upon your partners.” They will call upon them, but they will not respond to them. They will see the penalty. If only they had accepted guidance!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
And it was said, “Call on yourpl associates.” So they called them, but they did not respond to them, and they saw the punishment. If only they had sought guidance!
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Someone will say: "Appeal to your associates!" So they will appeal to them, yet they will not answer them. They will see the Torment. [What about]-if only they had accepted guidance!
Samy Mahdy   
And it is said, “Call your partners.” So, they call them, so they will not respond to them. And they saw the torment. If only they had been guided.
Sayyid Qutb   
They will be told: “Call on those you alleged to be [God's] partners,' and they will call to them, but the latter will not respond to them. They will then see the suffering [that awaits them]. If only they had been open to guidance!
Ahmed Hulusi   
It will be said, “Call your partners!” And they will call them... But they (their partners) will not respond to them, and they will see the suffering! If only they had found the right way!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And it will be said (unto them): �Call your associate (gods)�. So they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they will see the punishment and would wish that they had been guided aright
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
And they -the followers- shall be told: "Call to your predominant partners, and they will, but no answer shall they receive therefrom and they shall all wish they had pursued the path of righteousness, the path of Allah
Mir Aneesuddin   
And it will be said, “Call your (presumed) partners (of Allah),” so they will call them but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment, would that they had received guidance.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
It will be said (to them): "Call upon your 'partners' (for help)" :they will call upon them, but they will not listen to them; and they will see the Penalty (before them); (how they will wish) 'if only they had been open to guidance!
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And it will be said, "Call your partners." And they will call them, but not they will respond to them and they will see the punishment. If only [that] they had been guided
OLD Transliteration   
Waqeela odAAoo shurakaakum fadaAAawhum falam yastajeeboo lahum waraawoo alAAathaba law annahum kanoo yahtadoona