And yet they serve besides Allah what possesses no provisions for them in the heavens, nor on earth, nor are they capable.
An-Nahl 16:73
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وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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And yet they serve besides God what possesses no provisions for them in the heavens, nor on earth, nor are they capable.
They worship things other than Allah — things that can't give them anything from the skies or the earth, and have no power at all.
And they worship besides Allah things that have no power at all to provide them with anything from the heavens or the earth, and they never could.
They worship besides God what possesses no power to provide them anything from the heavens and the earth, nor are they able to.
And yet, they serve besides Allah what possesses no sustenance for them in the heavens, nor on earth—and they are not capable.
And yet, they serve besides God what possesses no sustenance for them in the heavens, nor on earth—and they are not capable.
And they worship besides Allāh that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.
And they worship others besides Allâh - such as do not and cannot own any provision for them from the heavens or the earth.
They worship besides Allah those who have nothing to provide for them from the heavens and earth, nor are they capable of doing so.
And worship others than Allah,- such as have no power of providing them, for sustenance, with anything in heavens or earth, and cannot possibly have such power?
And they worship beside Allah that which owneth no provision whatsoever for them from the heavens or the earth, nor have they (whom they worship) any power.
They worship, instead of God, things that have no control over their provision from the heavens or the earth in any way, nor do they have any power [to do so].
and worship instead of Allah, those helpless beings who have no control over providing them any sustenance from the heavens and the earth; do you worship those who have no power to do anything of this sort?
They worship besides Allah what has no power to provide them with anything from the heavens and the earth, nor are they capable [of anything].
WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yamliku lahum rizqan mina alssamawati waalardi shayan wala yastateeAAoona