أَفَأَنتَ تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوۡ تَهۡدِي ٱلۡعُمۡيَ وَمَن كَانَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٤٠
Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَفَأَنتَThen can youafa-anta
- تُسۡمِعُcause to heartus'miʿu
- ٱلصُّمَّthe deafl-ṣuma
- أَوۡoraw
- تَهۡدِيguidetahdī
- ٱلۡعُمۡيَthe blindl-ʿum'ya
- وَمَنand (one) whowaman
- كَانَiskāna
- فِيinfī
- ضَلَٰلٖan errorḍalālin
- مُّبِينٖclearmubīnin
Tafsir
Indeed, these people are deaf from hearing the truth and blind from seeing. O Messenger! Are you then capable of making the deaf hear, guiding the blind, or guiding the one clearly astray from the straight path?
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran