وَمَا
يَسۡتَوِي
ٱلۡأَحۡيَآءُ
وَلَا
ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰتُۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
يُسۡمِعُ
مَن
يَشَآءُۖ
وَمَآ
أَنتَ
بِمُسۡمِعٖ
مَّن
فِي
ٱلۡقُبُورِ
٢٢
And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allāh causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.1
— Saheeh International
Nor are the dead and the living equal. Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ makes whoever He wills hear, but you ˹O Prophet˺ can never make those in the graves hear ˹your call˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
तथा जीवित एवं मृत समान नहीं हो सकते। निःसंदेह अल्लाह जिसे चाहता है, सुना देता है और आप उन्हें नहीं सुना सकते, जो क़ब्रों में हैं।
— Maulana Azizul Haque al-Umari
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Believer and the Disbeliever are not equal
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…The Believer and the Disbeliever are not equal
Allah says that these antonyms are clearly not equal, the blind and the seeing are not equal, there is a
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