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An-Naml 80

Ayah 80 of 93 · Meccan

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)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّكَIndeed, youinnaka
  2. لَا(can) notlā
  3. تُسۡمِعُcause to heartus'miʿu
  4. ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰthe deadl-mawtā
  5. وَلَاand notwalā
  6. تُسۡمِعُcan you cause to heartus'miʿu
  7. ٱلصُّمَّthe deafl-ṣuma
  8. ٱلدُّعَآءَthe calll-duʿāa
  9. إِذَاwhenidhā
  10. وَلَّوۡاْthey turn backwallaw
  11. مُدۡبِرِينَretreatingmud'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