Jonah 10:42

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Arabic English Morphology
وَمِنْهُم wamin'hum
And among them Prep
مَّن man
(are some) who Noun
listen V
to you Prep
But (can) you Noun
تُسْمِعُ tus'miʿu
cause the deaf to hear V
ٱلصُّمَّ l-ṣuma
cause the deaf to hear Noun
وَلَوْ walaw
even though Prep
they [were] V
لَا
(do) not Prep
use reason V

Some of them do listen to you: but can you make the deaf hear if they will not use their minds

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَمِنۡهُم مَّن یَسۡتَمِعُونَ إِلَیۡكَۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ وَلَوۡ كَانُوا۟ لَا یَعۡقِلُونَ ۝٤٢

wamin'hum man yastamiʿūna ilayka afa-anta tus'miʿu l-ṣuma walaw kānū lā yaʿqilūn