Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 52nd verse of chapter 30 (sūrat l-rūm). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (30) sūrat l-rūm (The Romans)

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.

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: 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 and

Muhammad Sarwar: You cannot make the dead listen, nor the deaf hear. Thus, they, (the disbelievers), turn away on their heels.

Mohsin Khan: 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.

Arberry: Thou shalt not make the dead to hear, neither shalt thou make the deaf to hear the call when they turn about, retreating.

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See Also

• Verse (30:52) Morphology - description of each Arabic word