Quran 20:89 — Taa-Haa, verse 89
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Did they not see that [the calf] gave them no answer, that it had no power to harm or benefit them?
أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا
afalā yarawna allā yarjiʿu ilayhim qawlan walā yamliku lahum ḍarran walā nafʿan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What? Did they not see that thing returned no speech unto them, neither had any power to hurt or profit them?
- 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?
- Sahih 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?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then, did not | — |
| 2 | يَرَوْنَyarawna | they see | رأي |
| 3 | أَلَّاallā | that not | — |
| 4 | يَرْجِعُyarjiʿu | it (could) return | رجع |
| 5 | إِلَيْهِمْilayhim | to them | — |
| 6 | قَوْلًۭاqawlan | a word | قول |
| 7 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 8 | يَمْلِكُyamliku | possess | ملك |
| 9 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 10 | ضَرًّۭاḍarran | any harm | ضرر |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 12 | نَفْعًۭاnafʿan | any benefit | نفع |