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Surah An-Naml, ayah 80

إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.

An-Naml · 27:80

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  1. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
  2. لَاlā(can) not
  3. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucause to hear
  4. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
  5. وَلَاwalāand not
  6. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucan you cause to hear
  7. ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumathe deaf
  8. ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāathe call
  9. إِذَاidhāwhen
  10. وَلَّوْا۟wallawthey turn back
  11. مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīnaretreating

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