سُوْرَةُ الرُّوْمِ

Surah Ar-Room (30) — Ayah 53

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وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَـٰدِ ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَـٰلَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ﴿53﴾
And you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) cannot guide the blind from their straying; you can make to hear only those who believe in Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and have submitted to Allâh in Islâm (as Muslims).
وَمَآ wamā And not
أَنتَ anta you
بِهَـٰدِ bihādi can guide
ٱلْعُمْىِ l-ʿum'yi the blind
عَن ʿan from
ضَلَـٰلَتِهِمْ ۖ ḍalālatihim their error
إِن in Not
تُسْمِعُ tus'miʿu you can make hear
إِلَّا illā except
مَن man (those) who
يُؤْمِنُ yu'minu believe
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا biāyātinā in Our Verses
فَهُم fahum so they
مُّسْلِمُونَ mus'limūna surrender

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Nor can you guide the blind out of their error. You can only make those hear who believe in Our signs [58], and they submit.

53. And nor can you guide the blind out of their misguidance. You can only make those hear who believe in Our verses [58] and they submit .

[58] The words of verses 52 and 53 of this surah and verses 80 and 81 of Surah An-Naml are similar to each other. Therefore, please refer to the footnotes of those verses.