Muhammad Habib Shakir: For surely you cannot, make the dead to hear and you cannot make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn back and
Abdullah Yusuf Ali: So verily thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs and turn away.
M.Pickthall: For verily thou (Muhammad) canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned to flee.
Amatul Rahmân Omer: And you cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they retreat turning their backs (on you),
Maulana Mohammad Ali: Look then at the signs of Allah’s mercy, how He gives life to the earth after its death. Surely He is the Quickener of the dead; and He is Possessor of power over all things.
