Skip to content

Fatir 22

Ayah 22 of 45 · Meccan

وَمَا يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡأَحۡيَآءُ وَلَا ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰتُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسۡمِعُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُسۡمِعٖ مَّن فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ ٢٢

And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allāh causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The four comparisons given by Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) in verses 19-22 are those of the believer and unbeliever, various kinds of misbelief and (true) belief, Paradise and Hellfire, and those receptive to guidance and those unreceptive.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. يَسۡتَوِيequalyastawī
  3. ٱلۡأَحۡيَآءُ(are) the livingl-aḥyāu
  4. وَلَاand notwalā
  5. ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰتُۚthe deadl-amwātu
  6. إِنَّIndeedinna
  7. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  8. يُسۡمِعُcauses to hearyus'miʿu
  9. مَنwhomman
  10. يَشَآءُۖHe willsyashāu
  11. وَمَآand notwamā
  12. أَنتَyouanta
  13. بِمُسۡمِعٖcan make hearbimus'miʿin
  14. مَّن(those) whoman
  15. فِي(are) infī
  16. ٱلۡقُبُورِthe gravesl-qubūri

Tafsir

And the believers and disbelievers are not the same, just as the living and the dead are not the same. Allah makes those whom He wants to guide hear. And you, O Messenger, cannot make the disbelievers who are like the dead in the graves hear.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran