Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 40 (43:40)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَمَن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Quran 43:40 is ayah 40 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 492 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:40
أَفَأَنتَتُسْمِعُٱلصُّمَّأَوْتَهْدِىٱلْعُمْىَوَمَنكَانَفِىضَلَٰلٍمُّبِينٍ٤٠
afa-anta tus'miʿu l-ṣuma aw tahdī l-ʿum'ya waman kāna fī ḍalālin mubīnin

Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?(40)

Word by word

  1. أَفَأَنتَafa-antaThen can you
  2. تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucause to hear
  3. ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumathe deaf
  4. أَوْawor
  5. تَهْدِىtahdīguide
  6. ٱلْعُمْىَl-ʿum'yathe blind
  7. وَمَنwamanand (one) who
  8. كَانَkānais
  9. فِىfīin
  10. ضَلَٰلٍḍalālinan error
  11. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

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