Quran 10:42 — Yunus, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Some of them do listen to you: but can you make the deaf hear if they will not use their minds?
وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ ۚ أَفَأَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
wamin'hum man yastamiʿūna ilayka afa-anta tus'miʿu l-ṣuma walaw kānū lā yaʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And some of them give ear to thee; what, wilt thou make the deaf to hear, though they understand not?
- Muhammad Asad
- And there are among them such as (pretend to] listen to thee: but canst thou cause the deaf to hearken even though they will not use their reason?
- Sahih International
- And among them are those who listen to you. But can you cause the deaf to hear [i.e., benefit from this hearing], although they will not use reason?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنْهُمwamin'hum | And among them | — |
| 2 | مَّنman | (are some) who | — |
| 3 | يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūna | listen | سمع |
| 4 | إِلَيْكَ ۚilayka | to you | — |
| 5 | أَفَأَنتَafa-anta | But (can) you | — |
| 6 | تُسْمِعُtus'miʿu | cause the deaf to hear | سمع |
| 7 | ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣuma | cause the deaf to hear | صمم |
| 8 | وَلَوْwalaw | even though | — |
| 9 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they [were] | كون |
| 10 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 11 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | use reason | عقل |