Surah An-Naml, Ayah 81 (27:81)

ٱلنَّمْل

وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِى ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم …

Quran 27:81 is ayah 81 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 384 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:81
وَمَآأَنتَبِهَٰدِىٱلْعُمْىِعَنضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ ۖإِنتُسْمِعُإِلَّامَنيُؤْمِنُبَِٔايَٰتِنَافَهُممُّسْلِمُونَ٨١
wamā anta bihādī l-ʿum'yi ʿan ḍalālatihim in tus'miʿu illā man yu'minu biāyātinā fahum mus'limūna

And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh].(81)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَنتَanta(can) you
  3. بِهَٰدِىbihādīguide
  4. ٱلْعُمْىِl-ʿum'yithe blind
  5. عَنʿanfrom
  6. ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ ۖḍalālatihimtheir error
  7. إِنinNot
  8. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿuyou can cause to hear
  9. إِلَّاillāexcept
  10. مَنman(those) who
  11. يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieve
  12. بَِٔايَٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Signs
  13. فَهُمfahumso they
  14. مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūna(are) Muslims

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