Surah Taha — Verse 89
Ta-Ha · 20:89 · 89/135
أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا
Afala yarawna alla yarjiAAuilayhim qawlan wala yamliku lahum darran walanafAAa
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
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?
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Did they not see that [the calf] gave them no answer, that it had no power to harm or benefit them?
Marmaduke Pickthall
See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?
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?
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Have they not been seeing that it did not respond to them (even) with a word, nor did it have power to harm or benefit them?
Al-Hilali & 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?
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Did they not see that it did not return a word to them, and had no power either to hurt them or to cause them any benefit?
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
Why-did they not see that [the thing] could not give them any response, and had no power to harm or to benefit them?
Rowwad · source edition
Do they not see that it does not respond a word to them, nor does it have the power to harm or benefit them?
Noor International · source edition
(89) 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?
Hilali and Khan · source edition
89. 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?