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Ar-Rum (The Romans)

Verse 52of 60

فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ﴿٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنَّكَfa-innakaSo indeed, you
لَا(can) not
تُسْمِعُtus'miʿumake the dead hear
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāmake the dead hear
وَلَاwalāand not
تُسْمِعُtus'miʿumake the deaf hear
ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumamake the deaf hear
ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāathe call
إِذَاidhāwhen
وَلَّوْا۟wallawthey turn
مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīnaretreating

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Disbelievers are like the Dead, Deaf and BlindAllah says, `just as you are not able to make the dead hear in their graves, or to make your words reach the deaf who cannot hear and who still turn away from you, so too you cannot guide the blind to the truth and bring them back from their misguidance.' That is a matter which rests with Allah, for by His power He can make the dead hear the voices of the living if He wills.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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