Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
And, verily, thou canst not make the dead hear: and [so, too,] thou canst not make the deaf [of heart] hear this call when they turn their backs [on thee] and go away
Arthur John Arberry
Thou shalt not make the dead to hear, neither shalt thou make the deaf to hear the call when they turn about, retreating
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
So verily thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs and turn away
Arabic
فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَلَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَاۤءَ إِذَا وَلَّوۡا۟ مُدۡبِرِینَ ٥٢
Transliteration (2021)
fa-innaka lā tus'miʿu l-mawtā walā tus'miʿu l-ṣuma l-duʿāa idhā wallaw mud'birīn