يَشَآءُ

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

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

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

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

and not he is level the livings and not the deads indeed Allah he makes hear who he wills and not You by one who can make hear who in the graves

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