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Ar-Rum 52

Ayah 52 of 60 · Meccan

فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَلَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوۡاْ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٥٢

So indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَإِنَّكَSo indeed, youfa-innaka
  2. لَا(can) notlā
  3. تُسۡمِعُmake the dead heartus'miʿu
  4. ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰmake the dead hearl-mawtā
  5. وَلَاand notwalā
  6. تُسۡمِعُmake the deaf heartus'miʿu
  7. ٱلصُّمَّmake the deaf hearl-ṣuma
  8. ٱلدُّعَآءَthe calll-duʿāa
  9. إِذَاwhenidhā
  10. وَلَّوۡاْthey turnwallaw
  11. مُدۡبِرِينَretreatingmud'birīna

Tafsir

So just as you are incapable of making the dead and deaf hear, after they have distanced themselves from you to emphasise their inability to hear you, likewise you cannot guide those who are similar to them if they turn away and do not benefit.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran