← Surah 20

20:89

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

Word by word

أَفَلَا
Then, did not
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
أَNoun — interrogative، prefix
فَPreposition — supplemental، prefix
لَاPreposition — negative
يَرَوْنَ
they see
Verb
Root: رأي
Grammar (i'rab)
يَرَVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وْنَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
أَلَّا
that not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَPreposition — accusative
لَّاPreposition — negative
يَرْجِعُ
it (could) return
Verb
Root: رجع
Grammar (i'rab)
يَرْجِعُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
إِلَيْهِمْ
to them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَيْPreposition — preposition
هِمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
قَوْلًا
a word
Noun
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَوْلًاNoun — verbal noun، masculine، indefinite، accusative
وَلَا
and not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
لَاPreposition — negative
يَمْلِكُ
possess
Verb
Root: ملك
Grammar (i'rab)
يَمْلِكُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
لَهُمْ
for them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — preposition، prefix
هُمْNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. plur.
ضَرًّا
any harm
Noun
Root: ضرر
Grammar (i'rab)
ضَرًّاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
وَلَا
and not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
لَاPreposition — negative
نَفْعًا
any benefit
Noun
Root: نفع
Grammar (i'rab)
نَفْعًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative

Translation

EN

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?

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Did they not see that [the calf] gave them no answer, that it had no power to harm or benefit them?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Görmüyorlar mıydı ki, o heykel onlara ne söz söyleyebilir, ne zarar ve ne de fayda verebilirdi?

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onlar görmüyorlar mıydı ki, o buzağı, kendilerine hiçbir sözle karşılık veremiyor; onlara ne bir zarar, ne de bir yarar vermeye sahip bulunamıyordu.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(O heykelin), kendilerine herhangi bir söz çevirip (söyleyemediğini), kendilerine hiçbir zarar da yarar da veremediğini görmüyorlar mı?

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

أفلا يرى الذين عبدوا العجل أنه لا يكلمهم ابتداء، ولا يردُّ عليهم جوابًا، ولا يقدر على دفع ضرٍّ عنهم، ولا جلب نفع لهم؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution