Surah An-Naml 27:80 — translation and meaning
النمل · Verse 80 / 93 · Page 384
إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَى وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ
Word by Word
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed you
لَا
la
(can)not
تُسْمِعُ
tus'mi'u
cause to hear
الْمَوْتَى
al-mawta
the dead
وَلَا
wala
and not
تُسْمِعُ
tus'mi'u
can you cause to hear
الصُّمَّ
al-suma
the deaf
الدُّعَاءَ
al-du'aa
the call
إِذَا
idha
when
وَلَّوْا
wallaw
they turn back
مُدْبِرِينَ
mud'birina
retreating
Transliteration
Innaka laa tusmi'ul mawtaa wa laa tusmi'us summad du'aaa izaa wallaw mudbireen
Translation
Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.
Verse interpretation (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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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