The Ant, The Ants 27:80

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Arabic English Morphology
Indeed, you Prep
لَا
(can) not Prep
تُسْمِعُ tus'miʿu
cause to hear V
the dead Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
تُسْمِعُ tus'miʿu
can you cause to hear V
ٱلصُّمَّ l-ṣuma
the deaf Noun
the call Noun
إِذَا idhā
when Noun
they turn back V
retreating Noun

You cannot make the dead hear, you cannot make the deaf listen to your call when they turn their backs and leave

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

إِنَّكَ لَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَلَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَاۤءَ إِذَا وَلَّوۡا۟ مُدۡبِرِینَ ۝٨٠

innaka lā tus'miʿu l-mawtā walā tus'miʿu l-ṣuma l-duʿāa idhā wallaw mud'birīn