سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ

Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 40

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أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَمَن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿40﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Can you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) make the deaf to hear, or can you guide the blind or him who is in manifest error?

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

أَفَأَنتَ afa-anta Then can you
تُسْمِعُ tus'miʿu cause to hear
ٱلصُّمَّ l-ṣuma the deaf
أَوْ aw or
تَهْدِى tahdī guide
ٱلْعُمْىَ l-ʿum'ya the blind
وَمَن waman and (one) who
كَانَ kāna is
فِى fī in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢ ḍalālin an error
مُّبِينٍۢ mubīnin clear

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40. 1. That is, the one for whom eternal wretchedness has been decreed, he is deaf and blind in terms of admonition and advice; through invitation and preaching, he cannot come to the straight path.

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40. Can you make the deaf hear? Or guide the blind and those who are clearly lost [40]?

[40] That is, you should devote all your attention to those who desire guidance or who have already accepted Islam. As for those who do not even want to listen to Allah's word and have made themselves blind and deaf, it is not your responsibility to guide them or not. Leave aside worrying about those who are making themselves deserving of Allah's punishment.
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