Surah An-Naml, Ayah 80 (27:80)

ٱلنَّمْل

إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

Quran 27:80 is ayah 80 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 384 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:80
إِنَّكَلَاتُسْمِعُٱلْمَوْتَىٰوَلَاتُسْمِعُٱلصُّمَّٱلدُّعَآءَإِذَاوَلَّوْا۟مُدْبِرِينَ٨٠
innaka lā tus'miʿu l-mawtā walā tus'miʿu l-ṣuma l-duʿāa idhā wallaw mud'birīna

Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.(80)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
  2. لَاlā(can) not
  3. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucause to hear
  4. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
  5. وَلَاwalāand not
  6. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucan you cause to hear
  7. ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumathe deaf
  8. ٱلدُّعَآءَl-duʿāathe call
  9. إِذَاidhāwhen
  10. وَلَّوْا۟wallawthey turn back
  11. مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīnaretreating

Tafsir (commentary) of 27:80

Available in English, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Russian.

English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This commentary explains ayahs 27:76–81 together.

Read the English tafsir of 27:76–81 →

Read the full Surah An-Naml