an-Naml 27:80

AYAH an-Naml 27:80	27:81 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 27:79
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِين
Transliteration		Innaka la tusmiAAu almawta wala tusmiAAu alssumma aldduAAaa itha wallaw mudbireena
Transliteration-2		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		Indeed, you (can) not cause to hear the dead and not can you cause to hear the deaf the call when they turn back retreating.

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		[But,] 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		Lo! thou 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)		Truly thou canst not cause the dead to listen, nor canst thou cause the deaf to hear the call, (especially) when they turn back in retreat
Shakir		Surely you do not make the dead to hear, and you do not make the deaf to hear the call when they go back retreating
Wahiduddin Khan		You cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear your call, when they turn their backs on it
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		Truly, thou wilt not cause the dead to hear nor wilt thou cause to hear the unwilling 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 the deaf hear the Appeal once they turn around to escape.
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		You 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		You will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf listen to the call when they have turned their backs and gone away,
Abdul Hye		Surely, you can neither make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they flee turning their backs,
The Study Quran		Surely thou dost not make the dead hear; nor dost thou make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		You cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs and flee
Abdel Haleem		You cannot make the dead hear, you cannot make the deaf listen to your call when they turn their backs and leave
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		Verily thou canst not make the dead hear, nor canst thou make the deaf hear the call when they flee turning their backs
Ahmed Ali		You cannot make the dead to listen, or the deaf to hear the call, when they have turned their backs
Aisha Bewley		You will not make dead men hear and 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 once 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		Verily, you can not make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call when they turn to flee
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		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 and the deaf are unable to hear calls. Thus, they turn back on their heels
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		Surely, you cannot make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear your call when they turn their backs in retreat
Shabbir Ahmed		But verily, you cannot make the dead (or the "living-dead") hear, nor can you make the deaf of heart to hear the call when they turn back to retreat
Syed Vickar Ahamed		Truly, you cannot make the dead to hear, nor can make the deaf to hear the call, especially when they go away in hiding
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating
Farook Malik		The fact is that you cannot make the dead hear you, nor can you make the deaf hear the call especially when they turn their backs and pay no heed
Dr. Munir Munshey		Surely, you cannot make the dead hear anything. Nor can you get the deaf to heed your call, if they turn their backs and run away
Dr. Kamal Omar		Verily, you do not make the dead to hear, and you do not make the deaf to hear to the call, when they fled turning their backs
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		You cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call if they turn their backs and flee
Maududi		Surely you cannot make the dead hear you, nor can you make the deaf hear your call if they turn back in flight
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		Indeed you cannot make the dead hear, or make the deaf hear the call when they turn their back going away.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		Truly you cannot cause the dead to listen, nor can you cause the deaf to hear the call, as they turn back in retreat
Musharraf Hussain		You can no more make the deaf hear the call than you can the dead, if they turn their backs on you;
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		You cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs and flee.
Mohammad Shafi		You cannot make the dead hear. And you cannot make the deaf to the call hear when they turn their backs and go away

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		You can not deliver the message to the dead person nor can you make the deaf to hear you; especially when they turn away from you
Faridul Haque		Indeed the dead * do not listen to your call nor do the deaf * listen to your call, when they flee turning back. (The dead and deaf implies the disbelievers.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		You do not make the dead hear, nor do you make the deaf hear you call when they turn about, retreating
Maulana Muhammad Ali		Certainly thou canst not make the dead to hear the call, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear, when they go back retreating
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		That you do not make the deads hear/listen, and you do not make the deaf hear/listen (to) the call/prayer if they turned away giving their backs
Sher Ali		Verily, 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, if they turn away.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		Undoubtedly you can not make the dead hear, and nor you can make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn showing their backs.
Amatul Rahman Omar		Of course you cannot make the dead hear nor can you make the deaf hear (your) 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) while they are getting away (from you) turning their backs.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		Verily, you cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. benefit them and similarly the disbelievers), nor can you make the deaf to hear the call, when they flee, turning their backs

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		Verily, thou canst not make the dead to hear, and thou canst not make the deaf to hear the call when they turn their backs on thee
George Sale		Verily thou shalt not make the dead to hear, neither shalt thou make the deaf to hear thy call to the true faith, when they retire and turn their backs
John Medows Rodwell		Thou shalt not make the dead to hear; neither shalt thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn away backward
N J Dawood (2014)		You 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 cause the [spiritually] dead to listen or cause the [spiritually] deaf to hear the call if they insist on retreating.
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 live unconsciously) hear; when they turn their backs (to the Truth) and go, you cannot make the deaf hear!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		Verily you cannot 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		But you shall not be able to make your voice reach the spiritually dead nor shall you be able to make it reach the worthless who counsel deaf nor do they open their hearts' ears when they turn their backs
Mir Aneesuddin		You cannot make the dead to hear nor can you make the deaf to hear the call when they return retreating,

AYAH an-Naml 27:80

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