قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ
Qul innamaaa unzirukum bilwahyi; wa laa yasma'us summud du'aaa'a izaa maa yunzaroon
Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.
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21:45Ayah 1112
13 ayahs in Al-Anbiyaa are strongly about the Quran and revelation. This is one of them.
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Say to them ‘I warn you only by the Revelation’ that comes from God and not by my own prompting. But the deaf do not hear the call when idhā read pronouncing both hamzas fully or omitting the second hamza between it and the yā’ they are warned. They are like those who are deaf when they fail to act in accordance with the warnings they hear.
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "They now realize that what I used to tell them was the truth. "And Allah said,
'Verily! You cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. benefit them, and similarly the disbelievers) nor can
you make the deaf hear. (27.80).
"Al-Ash'ari said: 'When (the following) was revealed: 'And warn your tribe of near kindred (26:214)' the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) placed his fingers in his ears, raised his voice and said: 'O Banu 'Abd Manaf! Hearken!'"
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