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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ar-Rum, verse 52

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Without diacritics

فانك لا تسمع الموتى ولا تسمع الصم الدعاء اذا ولوا مدبرين

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.

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  • Verse 52 of 60
  • Juz 21
  • Page 410

Word by word

  1. فَإِنَّكَSo indeed, youfa-innaka
  2. لَا(can) notlā
  3. تُسْمِعُmake the dead heartus'miʿu
  4. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰmake the dead hearl-mawtā
  5. وَلَاand notwalā
  6. تُسْمِعُmake the deaf heartus'miʿu
  7. ٱلصُّمَّmake the deaf hearl-ṣuma
  8. ٱلدُّعَآءَthe calll-duʿāa
  9. إِذَاwhenidhā
  10. وَلَّوْا۟they turnwallaw
  11. مُدْبِرِينَretreatingmud'birīna

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