An-Naml 27:80
The Ant · ayah 80 of 93
إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ
Innaka la tusmiAAu almawta walatusmiAAu assumma adduAAaa ithawallaw mudbireen
"Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"You cannot make the dead hear, you cannot make the deaf listen to your call when they turn their backs and leave,"
Pickthall (classic)+
"Lo! thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned to flee;"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Truly thou canst not cause the dead to listen, nor canst thou cause the deaf to hear the call, (especially) when they turn back in retreat."