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۞ وَيٰقَوْمِ مَا لِيْٓ اَدْعُوْكُمْ اِلَى النَّجٰوةِ وَتَدْعُوْنَنِيْٓ اِلَى النَّارِۗ  ( غافر: ٤١ )

wayāqawmi
وَيَٰقَوْمِ
And O my people!
مَا
How (is it)
لِىٓ
for me
adʿūkum
أَدْعُوكُمْ
(that) I call you
ilā
إِلَى
to
l-najati
ٱلنَّجَوٰةِ
the salvation
watadʿūnanī
وَتَدْعُونَنِىٓ
while you call me
ilā
إِلَى
to
l-nāri
ٱلنَّارِ
the Fire!

Wa yaa qawmi maa leee ad'ookum ilan najaati wa tad'oonaneee ilan Naar (Ghāfir 40:41)

Sahih International:

And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire? (Ghafir [40] : 41)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

And O my people, what is wrong with me that I call you to salvation and you call me to the Fire?