Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 45 (21:45)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ

Quran 21:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 326 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:45
قُلْإِنَّمَآأُنذِرُكُمبِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚوَلَايَسْمَعُٱلصُّمُّٱلدُّعَآءَإِذَامَايُنذَرُونَ٤٥
qul innamā undhirukum bil-waḥyi walā yasmaʿu l-ṣumu l-duʿāa idhā mā yundharūna

Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.(45)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
  3. أُنذِرُكُمundhirukumI warn you
  4. بِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚbil-waḥyiby the revelation
  5. وَلَاwalāBut not
  6. يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuhear
  7. ٱلصُّمُّl-ṣumuthe deaf
  8. ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāathe call
  9. إِذَاidhāwhen
  10. مَاmāwhen
  11. يُنذَرُونَyundharūnathey are warned

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