ar-Rum 30:52

AYAH ar-Rum 30:52	30:53 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 30:51
Search IslamAwakened: Did you notice? You can SEARCH IslamAwakened. Find a Problem? Broken link? Typo? Misaligned ayat? Please report it here: IslamAwakened on Facebook Your reports and suggestions help us give you a better site.

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِين
Transliteration		Fa-innaka la tusmiAAu almawta wala tusmiAAu alssumma aldduAAaa itha wallaw mudbireena
Transliteration-2		fa-innaka lā tus'miʿu l-mawtā walā tus'miʿu l-ṣuma l-duʿāa idhā wallaw mud'birīn
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		So indeed, you (can) not make hear the dead and not make hear the dead the call when they turn, retreating.

PLEASE

Help keep us online. Donate today. Click here:

Your support helps pay our hosting costs, and
- with a little bit extra -
lets us pay transcribers and proofreaders.
www.patreon.com/IslamAwakened
Thank you!

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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
M. M. Pickthall		For verily thou (Muhammad) canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned to flee
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
Shakir		For surely you cannot, make the dead to hear and you cannot make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn back an
Wahiduddin Khan		You [Prophet] cannot make the dead hear and you cannot make the deaf hear your call when they turn their backs and leave
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		Then, truly, thou wilt not cause the dead to hear nor wilt thou cause the unwilling to hear, to hear the calling to them when they turned as ones who draw back.
T.B.Irving		You cannot make the dead hear, nor even make the deaf hear the Appeal once they have turned their backs on it.
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		So you ˹O Prophet˺ certainly cannot make the dead hear ˹the truth˺. Nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs and walk away.
Safi Kaskas		Truly, you cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs and go away,
Abdul Hye		So surely you (O Muhammad) can neither make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they (disbelievers) turn their backs and turn away,
The Study Quran		Surely thou dost not make the dead to hear; nor dost thou make the deaf to hear the call when they turn their backs
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		You cannot make the dead listen, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs
Abdel Haleem		You [Prophet] cannot make the dead hear and you cannot make the deaf hear your call when they turn their backs and leave
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		So verily thou canst not make the dead hear, nor canst thou make the deaf hear the call when they turn away in flight
Ahmed Ali		You cannot make the dead to listen nor the deaf hear the call when they have turned back and retreated
Aisha Bewley		You will not make dead men hear; you will not make deaf men hear the call, when they turn their backs in flight.
Ali Ünal		Indeed you cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs, going away
Ali Quli Qara'i		Indeed you cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs [upon you]
Hamid S. Aziz		For surely you can not make the dead to hear and you can not make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned away (or their backs to flee)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		So surely you will not make the dead to hear, nor will you make the deaf to hear the call when they turn away, withdrawing
Muhammad Sarwar		You cannot make the dead listen, nor the deaf hear. Thus, they, (the disbelievers), turn away on their heels
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		So, you cannot make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call when they turn their backs in retreat
Shabbir Ahmed		And verily, you cannot make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf of heart to hear the call when they turn their backs and go away
Syed Vickar Ahamed		So surely, you cannot make the dead to hear, and (you) cannot make the deaf to hear, the Call (from Allah), when they show their backs and turn away
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		So indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating
Farook Malik		O Prophet, you cannot make the dead hear you, nor can you make the deaf hear your call especially when they have turned their backs and are running away
Dr. Munir Munshey		Of course, you cannot make the dead hear you. Nor can you make the deaf hear your call, (particularly) when they turn their backs to avoid you
Dr. Kamal Omar		So verily, you do not make the dead ones listen, and you do not make the deaf hear the call, when they turned away showing (their) backs
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		You cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn away
Maududi		(O Prophet), you cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear your call when they turn back in retreat
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		And indeed you cannot make the dead hear and you cannot make the deaf hear the call when they turn back going away
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		So indeed you cannot make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs and turn away
Musharraf Hussain		You can’t make the dead hear the call any more than you can the deaf, if they turn their backs to leave;
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		You cannot make the dead listen, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs
Mohammad Shafi		And you cannot indeed make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs and go away

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		[O’ Mohammad,] you can not deliver your message to a dead person, nor can you make the deaf to here your call. What can you co, if they turn away and show their back
Faridul Haque		For you do not make the dead hear nor make the deaf hear the call when they flee, turning back. (The disbelievers are referred to as dead and deaf.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		You cannot make the dead hear you, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they retreat, turning about
Maulana Muhammad Ali		So surely thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn back retreating
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		So that you do not make the deads hear/listen, and nor make the deaf hear/listen the call/prayer , if they turned away giving (their) backs
Sher Ali		And thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they retreat turning their backs
Rashad Khalifa		You cannot make the dead, nor the deaf, hear the call, once they turn away.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		Therefore you make not the dead to hear nor you make the deaf to hear the call when they turn away showing their backs.
Amatul Rahman Omar		And you cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they retreat turning their backs (on you)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		(O Beloved!) Surely, you make neither the dead (i.e., the disbelievers deprived of the vitality of faith) hear your call nor the deaf (i.e., deprived of hearing the call of truth) whilst they are getting away (from you) turning their backs.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		So verily, you (O Muhammad SAW) cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. the disbelievers, etc.), nor can you make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs, turning away

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
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
Edward Henry Palmer		But, verily, thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn their backs and flee
George Sale		Thou canst not make the dead to hear, neither canst thou make the deaf to hear thy call, when they retire and turn their backs
John Medows Rodwell		Thou canst not make the dead to hear, neither canst thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they withdraw and turn their backs
N J Dawood (2014)		You surely cannot make the dead hear you, nor can you make the deaf hear your call if they turn their backs and pay no heed

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		Truly, you cannot make the dead to hear. You cannot make the unhearing to hear the call when they turn and retreat.
Sayyid Qutb		Indeed you cannot make the dead hear; and you cannot make the deaf hear your call when they turn their backs and go away.
Ahmed Hulusi		Indeed, you cannot make the dead (those who ignorantly think they will deteriorate and become non-existent) hear; nor can you make the deaf hear when they turn their backs (to the Truth) and go!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		For verily you can not make the dead to listen nor can you make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn away backward
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		And so, you just shall not be able O Muhammad to make your voice reach the spiritually dead nor shall you be able to make it reach the worthless who counsel deaf and do not open their hearts' ears when they turn their backs
Mir Aneesuddin		So you certainly cannot make the dead to hear nor can you make the deaf to hear the call when they turn back retreating.

AYAH ar-Rum 30:52

30:53 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 30:51

For feedback and comments please visit...
Join IslamAwakened on Facebook		Give us Feedback!

All copyrights are retained by the respective holders.

Share this verse on Facebook...