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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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You [Prophet] cannot make the dead hear and you cannot make the deaf hear your call when they turn their backs and leave

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
So indeed, you	فَإِنَّكَ (fa-innaka)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
(can) not	لَا (lā)	ل ا	Prep. Prep
make the dead hear	تُسْمِعُ (tus'miʿu)	س م ع	Verb V
make the dead hear	ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ (l-mawtā)	م و ت	Noun Noun
and not	وَلَا (walā)	ل ا	Prep. Prep
make the deaf hear	تُسْمِعُ (tus'miʿu)	س م ع	Verb V
make the deaf hear	ٱلصُّمَّ (l-ṣuma)	ص م م	Noun Noun
the call	ٱلدُّعَآءَ (l-duʿāa)	د ع و	Noun Noun
when	إِذَا (idhā)	إ ذ ا	Noun Noun
they turn	وَلَّوْا۟ (wallaw)	و ل ي	Verb V
retreating	مُدْبِرِينَ (mud'birīna)	د ب ر	Noun Noun

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إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

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

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