يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌۭ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًۭا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًۭٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ
How to read it
Yā'ayyuhā nnāssu ḍuriba mathalun fa-s'tamiʻū lahu . 'inna -lladhīna tad'ʻūna min dūni -llahi lan yakh'luqū dhubāban walawi (i)j'tamaʻū lahu . wa'in yas'lub'humu dhdhubābu shay''an llā yas'tanqidhūhu min'hu . ḍaʻufa ṭṭālibu wal-maṭ'lūbu
O men! Here is a parable set forth! listen to it! Those on whom, besides Allah, ye call, cannot create (even) a fly, if they all met together for the purpose! and if the fly should snatch away anything from them, they would have no power to release it from the fly. Feeble are those who petition and those whom they petition!
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
