The Quran

سورة الزّخرُف

Surah Al-Zukhruf 43:40

The Ornaments · Verse 40 of 89

أَفَأَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِي الْعُمْيَ وَمَنْ كَانَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(In this state of theirs, Prophet!) would you make the deaf to hear, or guide the blind and him who is (engrossed) in glaring error.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Canst thou then make the deaf to hear, or give direction to the blind or to such as (wander) in manifest error?

Ahmed Ali

Can you make the deaf to hear, or show the blind, and those lost in clear error, the way?

12 more translations

Ali Unal

(Although this is the truth and clear to you, O Messenger,) can you make the deaf hear or guide the blind and him who is lost in obvious error?

Daryabadi

Wherefore canst thou make the deaf to hear, or canst thou guide the blind or him who is is error manifest?

Faridul Haque

So will you make the deaf listen or show the path to the blind, and to those who are in open error? (The disbelievers whose hearts are sealed, are deaf and blind to the truth).

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Canst thou then make the deaf to hear or guide the blind and him who is in clear error?

Maulvi Sher Ali

Canst thou, then, make the deaf hear, or guide the blind and him who is in manifest error?

Muhammad Asad

CANST THOU, perchance, [O Muhammad,] make the deaf hear, or show the right way to the blind or to such as are obviously lost in error?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Can you (O Muhammad SAW) make the deaf to hear, or can you guide the blind or him who is in manifest error?

Muhammad Pickthall

Canst thou (Muhammad) make the deaf to hear, or canst thou guide the blind or him who is in error manifest?

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), can you make the deaf hear or guide the blind or the one who is clearly in error?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

What! can you then make the deaf to hear or guide the blind and him who is in clear error?

Rashad Khalifa

Can you make the deaf hear; can you make the blind see, or those who are far astray?

Shabbir Ahmed

But, can you make the deaf of heart hear or show the way to the blind of heart, or such as obviously wander off the road.