Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:45

21:45

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ

qul innamā undhirukum bil-waḥyi walā yasmaʿu l-ṣumu l-duʿāa idhā mā yundharūna

Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘I warn you only through the Revelation.’ The deaf will not hear the warning call,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I warn you only by the revelation (from Allâh and not by the opinion of the religious scholars and others). But the deaf (who follow the religious scholars and others blindly) will not hear the call, (even) when they are warned [i.e. one should follow only the Qur’ân and the Sunnah (legal ways, orders, acts of worship, and the statements of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, as the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did)].

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أُنذِرُكُمundhirukumI warn you
بِٱلْوَحْىِۚbil-waḥyiby the revelation
وَلَاwalāBut not
يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuhear
ٱلصُّمُّl-ṣumuthe deaf
ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāathe call
إِذَاidhāwhen
مَاmāwhen
يُنذَرُونَyundharūnathey are warned