Spiritual Deafness and Blindness in Disbelief
Ar-Rum — Verses 51–53 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim
وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرًّا لَّظَلُّوا مِن بَعْدِهِ يَكْفُرُونَ ٥١
And if We send a wind [which would spoil the green growth (tilth) brought up by the previous rain], and they see (their tilth) turn yellow, behold, they then after their being glad, would become unthankful (to their Lord Allah as) disbelievers.
- وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا
- And if We send a wind
- فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرًّا
- which would spoil the green growth (tilth) brought up by the previous rain, and they see (their tilth) turn yellow
- لَّظَلُّوا مِن بَعْدِهِ يَكْفُرُونَ
- behold, they then after their being glad, would become unthankful (to their Lord Allah as) disbelievers.
فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ ٥٢
So verily, you (O Muhammad SAW) cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. the disbelievers, etc.), nor can you make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs, turning away.
- فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ
- So verily, you (O Muhammad SAW) cannot make the dead to hear
- وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ
- nor can you make the deaf to hear the call
- إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ
- when they show their backs, turning away
وَمَا أَنتَ بِهَادِ الْعُمْيِ عَن ضَلَالَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ٥٣
And you (O Muhammad SAW) cannot guide the blind from their straying; you can make to hear only those who believe in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and have submitted to Allah in Islam (as Muslims).
- وَمَا أَنتَ بِهَادِ الْعُمْيِ عَن ضَلَالَتِهِمْ ۖ
- And you (O Muhammad SAW) cannot guide the blind from their straying;
- إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا
- you can make to hear only those who believe in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.),
- فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
- and have submitted to Allah in Islam (as Muslims).