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Surah 30. Ar-Rum, Ayah 52

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فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

Fainnaka l a tusmiAAu almawt a wal a tusmiAAu a l ss umma a l dduAA a a i tha wallaw mudbireen a \n

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,

- Mohammad Asad

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;

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

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.

- Mustafa Khattab

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.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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. ³⁵⁷⁰

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali