It invites him who once turned his back and fled.
Al-Ma'arij 70:17
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تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
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It invites him who once turned his back and fled.
It calls those who turned away and didn't listen.
Calling those who turned their backs and walked away.
Calling whoever turned his back and walked away.
It invites him who once turned his back and fled.
It invites him who once turned his back and fled.
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
Calling (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from Faith) [picking and swallowing them up from that great gathering of mankind on the Day of Resurrection just as a bird picks up a food-grain from the earth with its beak and swallows it up] (Tafsir Al-Qurtubî)
It will call everyone who turned their backs and disobeyed,
Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
and it will claim all those who turned their backs [on the true faith] and turned away [from the truth],
It shall insistently summon him who turned his back and retreated,
It invites him, who has turned back [from the truth] and forsaken [it],
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