Quran 35 : 22

And not equal (are) the living and not the dead. Indeed, Allah causes to hear whom He wills, and not you can make hear (those) who (are) in the graves.
وَمَا
Wamā
يَسْتَوِى
Yastawiā
ٱلْأَحْيَآءُ
Alaaḥyaaʾu
وَلَا
Walā
ٱلْأَمْوَٰتُ
Alaamwaātu
إِنَّ
Iinna
ٱللَّهَ
Allaha
يُسْمِعُ
Yusmiʿu
مَن
Man
يَشَآءُ
Yashaaʾu
وَمَآ
Wamaa
أَنتَ
Aanta
بِمُسْمِعٍ
Bimusmiʿin
مَّن
Mman
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْقُبُورِ
Alqubūri

Aisha Bewley

The living and dead are not the same. Allah makes anyone He wills hear but you cannot make those in the grave hear.

Safi Kaskas

nor are the living and the dead alike. God can make anyone He wills hear, but you cannot make those in the grave hear.

Talal Itani (2012)

Nor are equal the living and the dead. God causes whomever He wills to hear, but you cannot make those in the graves hear

Rashad Khalifa

Nor are the living and the dead; GOD causes whomever He wills to hear. You cannot make hearers out of those in the graves.

T.B.Irving

The living and the dead are not alike. God lets anyone He wishes listen, while you will not make those in their graves hear.

Arthur John Arberry

not equal are the living and the dead. God makes to hear whomsoever He will; thou canst not make those in their tombs to hear

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Nor are the living equal with the dead. Lo! Allah maketh whom He will to hear. Thou canst not reach those who are in the graves

Wahiduddin Khan

nor are the living and the dead. God causes whom He will to hear Him, but you cannot make those who are in their graves hear you

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Nor equal are the living and the dead; God causes whoever He wills to hear; and you cannot make those who are in the graves hear.

Abdel Haleem

nor are the living and the dead. God makes anyone He wills hear [His message]: you cannot make those in their graves hear

Mustaqim

Nor are the living and the dead the same, for Allah makes whom He pleases listen, and you cannot make those in the graves listen.

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Likewise, the living and the dead aren’t the same. God makes whomever He wills hear, and you can’t make those in the graves hear.

Muhammad Sarwar

nor are the living and the dead. God makes to listen whomever He wants. (Muhammad), you cannot make people in the graves to listen

N J Dawood 2014

nor are the living and the dead. God can cause whom He will to hear Him, but you cannot make those who are in their graves hear you

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allah causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

nor are the living and the dead equal. Allah makes to hear whosoever He will, but you cannot make those who are in their graves hear

Irving/Hegab

The living and the dead are not alike. Allah (God) lets anyone He wishes listen, while you will not make those in their graves hear.

The Study Quran

Not equal are the living and the dead. Truly God causes whomsoever He will to hear, but thou canst not cause those in graves to hear

Abdul Hye

nor the living and the dead. Surely, Allah can make hear whom He wills, but you (O Muhammad) cannot make those hear who are in graves.

Ahmed Ali

Equal are not the living and the dead. Verily God makes those He will to listen; but you cannot make those hear who are in their graves

Samy Mahdy

And not are equal the living and the dead. Surely Allah causes to hear whoever He wills, and you cannot cause to hear who in the graves

Hamid S. Aziz

Neither are the living and the dead alike. Surely Allah makes whom He pleases hear, and you cannot make those hear who are in the graves

Shakir

Neither are the living and the dead alike. Surely Allah makes whom He pleases hear, and you cannot make those hear who are in the graves

Ali Quli Qara'i

nor are the living equal to the dead. Indeed Allah makes whomever He wishes to hear, and you cannot make those who are in the graves hear

Munir Mezyed

Not equal are the living ones and the dead. Indeed, Allâh makes, whom He will, hear. But you cannot make those who are in the tombs hear.

The Wise Quran

And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, God causes whom He wills to hear, and you cannot make those who are in the graves hear;

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And the living and the dead are not alike. Allah makes to hear whomsoever He wills. And you cannot make to hear those who are in the graves

Bakhtiari Nejad

And the living and the dead are not equal. Indeed, God makes anyone He wants listen. And you cannot make those who are in the graves listen.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Neither are the living and the dead alike. Surely Allah makes whom He pleases hear, and thou canst not make those hear who are in the graves

Edward Henry Palmer

nor are the living equal with the dead; verily, God causes whom He pleases to hear, and thou canst not make those who are in their graves hear

MunirMezyed2023

Not equal are the living ones and the dead. Indeed, Allâh makes whom He wills to hear. But you cannot make those who are in the tombs to hear.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Nor alike are the living and the dead. Verily Allah maketh whomsoever He listeth to hear and thou canst not make them hear who are in the graves

Ali Ünal

And nor are equal the living and the dead. Surely God makes hear whomever He wills; and you are not one to make hear those who are in the graves

Sher Ali

Nor alike are the living and the dead. Surely, ALLAH causes him to hear whom HE pleases; and thou canst not make those hear who are in the graves

Corpus.Quran

And not equal (are) the living and not the dead Indeed Allah causes to hear whom He wills and not you can make hear (those) who (are) in the graves

Mohammad Shafi

And the living and the dead are not alike. Allah does indeed make one hear whom He wills. And you cannot make those ones hear who are in the graves.

Mir Aneesuddin

And the living and the dead are not equal. Allah certainly makes to listen, whom He wills and you cannot make to listen, those who are in the graves.

Maududi

nor are the living and the dead alike. Allah makes to hear whomsoever He wishes, but you, (O Prophet), cannot cause to hear those who are in their graves

Hilali - Khan

Nor are (alike) the living (believers) and the dead (disbelievers). Verily, Allah makes whom He will hear, but you cannot make hear those who are in graves

Bilal Muhammad 2018

Nor are those alike that are living and those who are dead. God can make any hear whom He wills to hear, but you cannot make those to hear who are in graves

John Medows Rodwell

Nor are the living and the dead the same thing! God indeed shall make whom He will to hearken, but thou shalt not make those who are in their graves to hearken

Shabbir Ahmed

Nor are the living equal with the dead. Behold, Allah makes him hear who wants to hear. You cannot make hear the dead of heart like those who are in the graves

George Sale

Neither shall the living and the dead be held equal. God shall cause him to hear whom He pleaseth: But thou shalt not make those to hear who are in their graves

Linda "iLham" Barto

Not alike are the living and the dead. Allah can certainly make anyone [dead or alive] to hear if He wants, but you cannot make those in the graves hear you.

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And in no way are the living and the dead equal. Surely Allah makes to hear whomever He decides; and in no way can you ever make (the ones) in the tombs to hear

Fode Drame

Nor are equal the living and the dead and truly Allah makes hear whom He pleases and you are not going to be able to make them hear those that are in the graves.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And equal are not the living and the dead. Undoubtedly, Allah causes him to hear whom He pleases; and you are not to make those who are lying in their graves to hear.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Nor are alike those that are living and those that are dead. Allah can make any that He wills to hear; but thou canst not make those to hear who are (buried) in graves

Musharraf Hussain

The living and the dead are not the same either. Allah lets him hear, who wants to hear; messenger, the one who is in the grave, you cannot make him hear.

Dr. Munir Munshey

The dead and the living are not equal. Of course Allah can make anyone He wants hear (anything He wants). But, you cannot make people lying in their graves hear anything

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Neither are the same, those who are living and those who are dead. Verily, Allah can make any whom He wills to hear; And you cannot make those who are (buried) in graves to hear

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Nor are the living and the lifeless on the same level. Truly, God causes to hear whom He wills. And thou art not one who causes to hear whoever is in graves.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

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˺.

Amatul Rahman Omar

The (spiritually) living and the (spiritually) dead are not alike. Allah causes to hear whom He will. But you cannot make those hear who are (lying buried) in the graves (of ignorance and prejudice)

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And (they) do not become equal/alike, the alive and nor the deads, that truly God makes whom He wills/wants hear/listen , and you are not with making whom (are) in the graves/burial places hear/listen

Muhammad Asad

and neither are equal the living and the dead [of heart]. Behold, [O Muhammad,] God can make hear whomever He wills, whereas thou canst not make hear such as are [dead of heart like the dead] in their graves

Faridul Haque

And not equal are the living and the dead! Indeed Allah causes them to listen *, whomever He wills; and you cannot make those who are in the graves ** listen. (* Listen to guidance **The disbelievers are referred to as dead, whose fates are sealed.

Dr. Kamal Omar

And do not become equal the (different categories of) living ones, and nor the (different categories of) dead ones. Verily, Allah makes (him) hear whom He thinks proper. And you are not ‘one who makes one hear’ unto that who are in graves

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Nor can the living and the dead be alike. Surely, Allah makes whom He wills hear, and it is not your responsibility to make those hear who are (like those buried) in the graves* (i.e., you are not responsible to make the disbelievers accept what you say)

Bijan Moeinian

The living [the believer who is attached to the source of life] and the dead [the zombie whose living is reduced only to physical activities] are not equal. God makes those who are willing to hear, to grasp the reality. However, you cannot make a dead person to hear in his grave

Ahmed Hulusi

And not equal are the living (through the knowledge of the reality) and the dead (those who think they will become inexistent with death)! Indeed, Allah will enable whom He wills to hear... But you do not have the function to make hear those who are in their graves (cocoons – those who are living in the world projected by their brain)!