Surah Al-Hajj, ayah 73
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ
O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allāh will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for it [i.e., that purpose]. And if the fly should steal from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued.
Al-Hajj · 22:73
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- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO mankind
- ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuO mankind
- ضُرِبَḍuribaIs set forth
- مَثَلٌۭmathalunan example
- فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟fa-is'tamiʿūso listen
- لَهُۥٓ ۚlahuto it
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
- تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou invoke
- مِنminbesides Allah
- دُونِdūnibesides Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
- لَنlanwill never
- يَخْلُقُوا۟yakhluqūcreate
- ذُبَابًۭاdhubābana fly
- وَلَوِwalawieven if
- ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ij'tamaʿūthey gathered together
- لَهُۥ ۖlahufor it
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- يَسْلُبْهُمُyaslub'humusnatched away from them
- ٱلذُّبَابُl-dhubābuthe fly
- شَيْـًۭٔاshayana thing
- لَّاlānot
- يَسْتَنقِذُوهُyastanqidhūhuthey (could) take it back
- مِنْهُ ۚmin'hufrom it
- ضَعُفَḍaʿufaSo weak
- ٱلطَّالِبُl-ṭālibu(are) the seeker
- وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُwal-maṭlūbuand the one who is sought
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