Quran 27:80 — An-Naml, verse 80
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You cannot make the dead hear, you cannot make the deaf listen to your call when they turn their backs and leave,
إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ
innaka lā tus'miʿu l-mawtā walā tus'miʿu l-ṣuma l-duʿāa idhā wallaw mud'birīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thou shalt not make the dead to hear, neither shalt thou make the deaf to hear the call when they turn about, retreating.
- Muhammad Asad
- [But,] verily, thou canst not make the dead hear: and [so, too,] thou canst not make the deaf [of heart] hear this call when they turn their backs [on thee] and go away,
- Sahih International
- Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّكَinnaka | Indeed, you | — |
| 2 | لَاlā | (can) not | — |
| 3 | تُسْمِعُtus'miʿu | cause to hear | سمع |
| 4 | ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtā | the dead | موت |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 6 | تُسْمِعُtus'miʿu | can you cause to hear | سمع |
| 7 | ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣuma | the deaf | صمم |
| 8 | ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāa | the call | دعو |
| 9 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 10 | وَلَّوْا۟wallaw | they turn back | ولي |
| 11 | مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīna | retreating | دبر |