The Originator
35. Fāṭir
فاطر
Page #437
35:22
وَمَا
يَسْتَوِي
الْأَحْيَاءُ
وَلَا
الْأَمْوَاتُ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
يُسْمِعُ
مَن
يَشَاءُ
وَمَا
أَنتَ
بِمُسْمِعٍ
مَّن
فِي
الْقُبُورِ
wa-mā yastawī l-ʾaḥyāʾu wa-lā l-ʾamwātu ʾinna llāha yusmiʿu man yashāʾu wa-mā ʾanta bi-musmiʿin man fī l-qubūri
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.
— Abdullah Yusufali
nor are the living equal to the dead. Indeed Allah makes whomever He wishes to hear, and you cannot make those who are in the graves hear you.
