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    • Quran-27:80 Surah An-naml English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

    إِنَّكَ لَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَلَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوۡاْ مُدۡبِرِينَ

    Transliteration:( Innaka laa tusmi'ul mawtaa wa laa tusmi'us summad du'aaa izaa wallaw mudbireen )

    80. Indeed, you cannot make the dead hear [146], and nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn away showing their backs. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

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

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    Surah An-Naml Ayat 80 Tafsir (Commentry)



    • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
    • Ibn Kathir
    • Ala-Madudi
    • Shaheen International

    📖 Commentary of Surah An-Naml – Verse 80

    "Indeed, you cannot make the dead hear [146], and nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn away showing their backs."

    ✅ [146] Metaphor for Spiritual Blindness

    This verse uses metaphorical language to describe the disbelievers. They are compared to the dead and the deaf—not in physical sense, but in terms of their spiritual unresponsiveness.

    The “dead” here refers to those whose hearts are lifeless to guidance, and the “deaf” are those who turn away from the truth, refusing to even hear it. Despite the clarity of the Prophet’s ﷺ call, such people deliberately reject it, and thus cannot be guided.

    Ibn-Kathir

    The tafsir of Surah Naml verse 80 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
    Please refer to Surah Naml ayat 76 which provides the complete commentary from verse 76 through 81.

    (27:80) Surely you cannot make the dead hear you,[97] nor can you make the deaf hear your call if they turn back in flight,[98]

    Ala-Maududi

    (27:80) Surely you cannot make the dead hear you,[97] nor can you make the deaf hear your call if they turn back in flight,[98]

    97. “The dead” the ones whose consciences are dead and whose stubbornness, obstinacy and love of the usage and custom have deprived them of the sense of discrimination between the truth and falsehood.

    98. That is, “Who not only close their ears against what you say, but slink away from the place where they fear they aught hear what you say.”

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

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