Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 22nd verse of chapter 35 (sūrat fāṭir). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (35) sūrat fāṭir (The Originator)

Sahih International: And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allah causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.

Pickthall: Nor are the living equal with the dead. Lo! Allah maketh whom He will to hear. Thou canst not reach those who are in the graves.

Yusuf Ali: Nor are alike those that are living and those that are dead. Allah can make any that He wills to hear; but thou canst not make those to hear who are (buried) in graves.

Shakir: Neither are the living and the dead alike. Surely Allah makes whom He pleases hear, and you cannot make those hear who are in the graves.

Muhammad Sarwar: nor are the living and the dead. God makes to listen whomever He wants. (Muhammad), you cannot make people in the graves to listen.

Mohsin Khan: Nor are (alike) the living (believers) and the dead (disbelievers). Verily, Allah makes whom He will hear, but you cannot make hear those who are in graves.

Arberry: not equal are the living and the dead. God makes to hear whomsoever He will; thou canst not make those in their tombs to hear -

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See Also

• Verse (35:22) Morphology - description of each Arabic word