Quran 43:40 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Can you [Prophet] make the deaf hear? Or guide either the blind or those who are in gross error?
أَفَأَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِي الْعُمْيَ وَمَنْ كَانَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
afa-anta tus'miʿu l-ṣuma aw tahdī l-ʿum'ya waman kāna fī ḍalālin mubīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, shalt thou make the deaf to hear, or shalt thou guide the blind and him who is in manifest error?
- Muhammad Asad
- CANST THOU, perchance, [O Muhammad,] make the deaf hear, or show the right way to the blind or to such as are obviously lost in error?
- Sahih International
- Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَأَنتَafa-anta | Then can you | — |
| 2 | تُسْمِعُtus'miʿu | cause to hear | سمع |
| 3 | ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣuma | the deaf | صمم |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | تَهْدِىtahdī | guide | هدي |
| 6 | ٱلْعُمْىَl-ʿum'ya | the blind | عمي |
| 7 | وَمَنwaman | and (one) who | — |
| 8 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 9 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 10 | ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālin | an error | ضلل |
| 11 | مُّبِينٍۢmubīnin | clear | بين |