Quran 30:52 — Ar-Room, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You [Prophet] cannot make the dead hear and you cannot make the deaf hear your call when they turn their backs and leave;
فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ
fa-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
- And, 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
- So indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِنَّكَfa-innaka | So indeed, you | — |
| 2 | لَاlā | (can) not | — |
| 3 | تُسْمِعُtus'miʿu | make the dead hear | سمع |
| 4 | ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtā | make the dead hear | موت |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 6 | تُسْمِعُtus'miʿu | make the deaf hear | سمع |
| 7 | ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣuma | make the deaf hear | صمم |
| 8 | ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāa | the call | دعو |
| 9 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 10 | وَلَّوْا۟wallaw | they turn | ولي |
| 11 | مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīna | retreating | دبر |