The Quran

سورة الرُّوم

Surah Al-Rûm 30:53

The Byzantines · Verse 53 of 60

وَمَا أَنْتَ بِهَادِ الْعُمْيِ عَنْ ضَلَالَتِهِمْ ۖ إِنْ تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا فَهُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Nor can you guide the blind out of their error. You can make only those hear who would believe in Our Messages and submit (to Us).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nor canst thou lead back the blind from their straying: only those wilt thou make to hear, who believe in Our signs and submit (their wills in Islam).

Ahmed Ali

Nor can you make the blind see the way when they have gone astray. You can make none hear except those who believe Our signs and have come to submission.

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Ali Unal

Nor can you guide the blind out of their error. None can you make hear save those who (being capable of reflection without prejudice) believe in Our Revelations and signs (in the outer world as well as in their inner world), and are (therefore) ready to submit (to the truth).

Daryabadi

Nor canst thou be a guide to the blind out of their error; thou canst make none to hear save those who believe in Our signs, and who have surrendered themselves.

Faridul Haque

Nor do you guide the blind out of their error; you only make those hear who believe in Our signs, so they have submitted. (The disbelievers are referred to as blind.)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Nor canst thou guide the blind out of their error. Thou canst make none to hear but those who believe in Our messages, so they submit.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Nor canst thou guide the blind out of their error. Thou canst make only those to hear who would believe in Our Signs and submit.

Muhammad Asad

just as thou canst not lead the blind [of heart] out of their error: none canst thou make hear [thy call] save

Muhammad Musin Khan

And you (O Muhammad SAW) cannot guide the blind from their straying; you can make to hear only those who believe in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and have submitted to Allah in Islam (as Muslims).

Muhammad Pickthall

Nor canst thou guide the blind out of their error. Thou canst make none to hear save those who believe in Our revelations so that they surrender (unto Him).

Muhammad Sarwar

You cannot guide the straying blind. You can make no one listen except those who believe in Our revelations and are Muslims.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Nor can you lead away the blind out of their error. You cannot make to hear any but those who believe in Our communications so they shall submit.

Rashad Khalifa

Nor can you guide the blind out of their straying. You can only be heard by those who believe in our revelations, and decide to become submitters.

Shabbir Ahmed

Nor can you bring the blind of heart out of their straying. You can make none to hear except those who believe in Our messages (using their vision) and are willing to live in submission to God.