إِنَّكَ لَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَلَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوۡاْ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٨٠
Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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إِنَّكَ Indeed, you innaka لَا (can) not lā تُسۡمِعُ cause to hear tus'miʿu ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ the dead l-mawtā وَلَا and not walā تُسۡمِعُ can you cause to hear tus'miʿu ٱلصُّمَّ the deaf l-ṣuma ٱلدُّعَآءَ the call l-duʿāa إِذَا when idhā وَلَّوۡاْ they turn back wallaw مُدۡبِرِينَ retreating mud'birīna Tafsir O Messenger, you cannot make the dead whose hearts have died to their disbelief in Allah hear, nor can you make those who have lost their hearing hear what you are calling them towards when they return turning away from you.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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