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Quran 20:89 · 89th verse of 135
Ta-Ha
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أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا 
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Transliteration
afalā yarawna allā yarjiʿu ilayhim qawlan walā yamliku lahum ḍarran walā nafʿan
Saheeh International
Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?
Comparative Study
16 scholarly English translations of verse 89 from Surah Taha, presented for comparative study.
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?
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?
Did they not see that it did not give them any answer, nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain?
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?
What? Did they not see that thing returned no speech unto them, neither had any power to hurt or profit them?
Observed they not that it returned not unto them a word, and owned not for them hurt or profit?
Did they not see that it cannot return a word to them, and has no power to harm them or benefit them?
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?
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
See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?
Did they not see that it did not answer them, nor could it bring them any benefit or harm?
What! Did they not see that it did not speak a word to them in return, and for them it could own neither harm nor benefit?
Did they not consider that the calf could not give them any answer, nor it could harm or benefit them?
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?
Why did they not see that it could not give them any response and had no power to harm or benefit them?
