Surah Ar-Rum (الروم) • The Romans

Quran 30:52

30:52

فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

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

So indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating.

— Saheeh International

You [Prophet] cannot make the dead hear and you cannot make the deaf hear your call when they turn their backs and leave;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So verily, you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. the disbelievers), nor can you make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs and turn away.

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

Juz 21Page 410meccan

Word by Word

فَإِنَّكَfa-innakaSo indeed, you
لَاlā(can) not
تُسْمِعُtus'miʿumake the dead hear
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāmake the dead hear
وَلَاwalāand not
تُسْمِعُtus'miʿumake the deaf hear
ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumamake the deaf hear
ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāathe call
إِذَاidhāwhen
وَلَّوْا۟wallawthey turn
مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīnaretreating