The Romans
30. Ar-Rūm
الروم
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فَإِنَّكَ
لَا
تُسْمِعُ
الْمَوْتَى
وَلَا
تُسْمِعُ
الصُّمَّ
الدُّعَاءَ
إِذَا
وَلَّوْا
مُدْبِرِينَ
fa-ʾinnaka lā tusmiʿu l-mawtā wa-lā tusmiʿu ṣ-ṣumma d-duʿāʾa ʾidhā wallaw mudbirīna
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.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Indeed you cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs [upon you],
