22وَما يَستَوِي الأَحياءُ وَلَا الأَمواتُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسمِعُ مَن يَشاءُ ۖ وَما أَنتَ بِمُسمِعٍ مَن فِي القُبورِN. J. Dawoodnor 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.