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Surah Yunus, Verse 42

سورة يونس، الآية ٤٢

10:42 Juz 11 Hizb 22 Page 213 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 10:42

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ۝٤٢

Transliteration

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

Translation

And among them are those who listen to you. But can you cause the deaf to hear [i.e., benefit from this hearing], although they will not use reason?

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Verse 42 of Surah Yunus (10:42), a Meccan surah, is in juz 11, on page 213 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 42

Al-Mukhtasar

And some of the idolaters listen to you O Messenger as you recite the Qur’ān not wanting to accept it and follow it. Are you able to make deaf people hear? Likewise you cannot guide those who are deaf to the truth, as they will not understand it.

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Other translations of verse 42

Among them are some who listen to you, but can you make the deaf hear, even though they have no understanding?

And among them are some who listen to you, but can you make the deaf to hear - even though they apprehend not?

And of them are some who listen unto thee. But canst thou make the deaf to hear even though they apprehend not?

Among them are some who (pretend to) listen to thee: But canst thou make the deaf to hear,- even though they are without understanding?

And there are those of them who hear you, but can you make the deaf to hear though they will not understand?

And of them are the ones who listen to you; will you then make the deaf to hear (even) if they do not consider?.

Verse 42 word by word

  1. وَمِنْهُم wamin'hum And among them
  2. مَّن man (are some) who
  3. يَسْتَمِعُونَ yastamiʿūna listen س م ع
  4. إِلَيْكَ ilayka to you
  5. أَفَأَنتَ afa-anta But (can) you
  6. تُسْمِعُ tus'miʿu cause the deaf to hear س م ع
  7. ٱلصُّمَّ l-ṣuma cause the deaf to hear ص م م
  8. وَلَوْ walaw even though
  9. كَانُوا۟ kānū they [were] ك و ن
  10. لَا lā (do) not
  11. يَعْقِلُونَ yaʿqilūna use reason ع ق ل

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