سورة طٰه
Surah Tâ Hâ 20:89
Perfect Man! be at rest · Verse 89 of 135
أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
Could they not see that this (calf) made them no answer and could neither avoid harm to them nor do good (to any).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good?
Ahmed Ali
Did they not see that it did not give them any answer, nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain?
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Did they not see at all that (even) it could not return to them a word (for answer), and had no power to harm or benefit them?
Daryabadi
Observed they not that it returned not unto them a word, and owned not for them hurt or profit?
Faridul Haque
So do they not see that it does not answer to any of their speech? And has no power to cause them any harm or benefit?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Could they not see that it returned no reply to them, nor controlled any harm or benefit for them?
Maulvi Sher Ali
Could they not see that it returned to them no answer, and had no power to do them either harm or good?
Muhammad Asad
Why - did they not see that [the thing] could not give them any response, and had no power to harm or to benefit them?
Muhammad Musin Khan
Did they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good?
Muhammad Pickthall
See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?
Muhammad Sarwar
Did they not consider that the calf could not give them any answer, nor it could harm or benefit them?
Muhammed ali Shakir
What! could they not see that it did not return to them a reply, and (that) it did not control any harm or benefit for them?
Rashad Khalifa
Could they not see that it neither responded to them, nor possessed any power to harm them, or benefit them?
Shabbir Ahmed
They knew full well that, like all false deities, the golden calf could not respond to queries, and had no control over their harm or benefit.
Commentary 20:89 The argument put forth in the words, “Could they not see that this made them no answer and could neither avoid harm to them nor do good?” shows that the…
أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا
20:89 The argument put forth in the words, “Could they not see that this made them no answer and could neither avoid harm to them nor do good?” shows that the real Lord not only listens to prayers but also gives reply to His true worshippers.