Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:89

20:89

أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا

afalā yarawna allā yarjiʿu ilayhim qawlan walā yamliku lahum ḍarran walā nafʿan

Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

— Saheeh International

Did they not see that [the calf] gave them no answer, that it had no power to harm or benefit them?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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 Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 16Page 318meccan

Word by Word

أَفَلَاafalāThen, did not
يَرَوْنَyarawnathey see
أَلَّاallāthat not
يَرْجِعُyarjiʿuit (could) return
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
قَوْلًۭاqawlana word
وَلَاwalāand not
يَمْلِكُyamlikupossess
لَهُمْlahumfor them
ضَرًّۭاḍarranany harm
وَلَاwalāand not
نَفْعًۭاnafʿanany benefit