The Angels, Originator, The Creator 35:22

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Arabic English Morphology
وَمَا wamā
And not Prep
equal V
(are) the living Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
the dead Noun
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
Allah Noun
يُسْمِعُ yus'miʿu
causes to hear V
مَن man
whom Noun
He wills V
وَمَآ wamā
and not Prep
أَنتَ anta
you Noun
بِمُسْمِعٍ bimus'miʿin
can make hear Noun
مَّن man
(those) who Noun
فِى
(are) in Prep
the graves Noun

nor are the living and the dead. God makes anyone He wills hear [His message]: you cannot make those in their graves hear

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَمَا یَسۡتَوِی ٱلۡأَحۡیَاۤءُ وَلَا ٱلۡأَمۡوَ ٰتُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ یُسۡمِعُ مَن یَشَاۤءُۖ وَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِمُسۡمِعࣲ مَّن فِی ٱلۡقُبُورِ ۝٢٢

wamā yastawī l-aḥyāu walā l-amwātu inna l-laha yus'miʿu man yashāu wamā anta bimus'miʿin man fī l-qubūr