Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:81

27:81

وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَـٰدِى ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَـٰلَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

wamā anta bihādī l-ʿum'yi ʿan ḍalālatihim in tus'miʿu illā man yu'minu biāyātinā fahum mus'limūna

And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh].

— Saheeh International

you cannot guide the blind out of their error: you cannot make anyone hear you except those who believe in Our signs and submit [to Us].

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nor can you lead the blind out of their error. You can only make to hear those who believe in Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and who have submitted (themselves to Allâh in Islâm as Muslims).

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

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Word by Word

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَنتَanta(can) you
بِهَـٰدِىbihādīguide
ٱلْعُمْىِl-ʿum'yithe blind
عَنʿanfrom
ضَلَـٰلَتِهِمْۖḍalālatihimtheir error
إِنinNot
تُسْمِعُtus'miʿuyou can cause to hear
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنman(those) who
يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieve
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Signs
فَهُمfahumso they
مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūna(are) Muslims