Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:80

27:80

إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

innaka lā tus'miʿu l-mawtā walā tus'miʿu l-ṣuma l-duʿāa idhā wallaw mud'birīna

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

You cannot make the dead hear, you cannot make the deaf listen to your call when they turn their backs and leave,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, you cannot make the dead to hear nor can you make the deaf to hear the call (i.e. benefit them and similarly the disbelievers), when they flee, turning their backs.

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

Juz 20Page 384meccan

Word by Word

إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
لَاlā(can) not
تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucause to hear
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
وَلَاwalāand not
تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucan you cause to hear
ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumathe deaf
ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāathe call
إِذَاidhāwhen
وَلَّوْا۟wallawthey turn back
مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīnaretreating