Surah Taha, Ayah 89 (20:89)

طه

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

Quran 20:89 is ayah 89 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 318 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:89
أَفَلَايَرَوْنَأَلَّايَرْجِعُإِلَيْهِمْقَوْلًاوَلَايَمْلِكُلَهُمْضَرًّاوَلَانَفْعًا٨٩
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?(89)

Word by word

  1. أَفَلَاafalāThen, did not
  2. يَرَوْنَyarawnathey see
  3. أَلَّاallāthat not
  4. يَرْجِعُyarjiʿuit (could) return
  5. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
  6. قَوْلًاqawlana word
  7. وَلَاwalāand not
  8. يَمْلِكُyamlikupossess
  9. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  10. ضَرًّاḍarranany harm
  11. وَلَاwalāand not
  12. نَفْعًاnafʿanany benefit

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