Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 80th verse of chapter 27 (sūrat l-naml). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants)

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.

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: 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.

Muhammad Sarwar: You cannot make the dead listen and the deaf are unable to hear calls. Thus, they turn back on their heels.

Mohsin Khan: 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.

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 (27:80) Morphology - description of each Arabic word