In the last verse: إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ (If you call them, they do not hear your call, and even if they were to hear, they would not respond to you. - 35:14). To explain, it can be said that if you call those idols or some prophets or angels you take as god and worship them asking them to help you in distress, they will, first of all, be unable to listen to you because idols do not have the ability to listen. Though, prophets and angels have this ability, yet they are not present everywhere nor do they hear that which is said by everybody. Further on, it was said that, should they, as a matter of supposition, be able to listen, as in the case of angels and prophets, still, they would not fulfill your request, because they themselves have no control over it, and cannot intercede with Allah on behalf of anyone without His permission. In the last verse: إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ (If you call them, they do not hear your call, and even if they were to hear, they would not respond to you. - 35:14). To explain, it can be said that if you call those idols or some prophets or angels you take as god and worship them asking them to help you in distress, they will, first of all, be unable to listen to you because idols do not have the ability to listen. Though, prophets and angels have this ability, yet they are not present everywhere nor do they hear that which is said by everybody. Further on, it was said that, should they, as a matter of supposition, be able to listen, as in the case of angels and prophets, still, they would not fulfill your request, because they themselves have no control over it, and cannot intercede with Allah on behalf of anyone without His permission. The issue of the ability of the dead to hear سماع الموتی sama`-ul¬mawta) has appeared earlier. The present verse neither confirms nor rejects it. Arguments and proofs relating to this issue are different. They have already been mentioned in details under the commentary on Surah Ar-Rum [ 30] (Ma` ariful-Qur an, Volume VI).
ان تدعوھم لایسمعوا دعاء کم ولوسمعوا ما استجابوالکم یعنی یہ بت یا بعض انبیاء یا فرشتے جن کو تم خدا سمجھ کر پرستش کرتے ہو اگر ان کو مصیبت کے وقت پکارو گے تو اولاً یہ تمہاری بات سن ہی نہ سکیں گے، کیونکہ بتوں میں تو سننے کی صلاحیت ہے ہی نہیں، انبیاء اور فرشتوں میں اگرچہ صلاحیت ہے مگر نہ وہ ہر جگہ موجود ہیں نہ ہر ایک کے کلام کو سنتے ہیں۔ آگے فرمایا کہ اگر بالفرض وہ سن بھی لیں جیسے فرشتے اور انبیاء تو پھر بھی وہ تمہاری درخواست پوری نہ کریں گے۔ کیونکہ ان کو خود قدرت نہیں اور اللہ تعالیٰ کی اجازت کے بغیر اس سے کسی کی سفارش نہیں کرسکتے۔ سماع موتی کا مسئلہ جو پہلے گذر چکا ہے اس آیت سے نہ اس کا اثبات ثابت ہوتا ہے نہ نفی، اس بحث کے دلائل دوسرے ہیں جن کا ذکر سورة روم میں مفصل آ چکا ہے۔