یَٓا اَیُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُؕ اِنَّ الَّذٖینَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَنْ یَخْلُقُوا ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُؕ وَاِنْ یَسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَیْـًٔا لَا یَسْتَنْقِذُوهُ مِنْهُؕ ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَالْمَطْلُوبُ
Ya ayyuha alnnasu duriba mathalun faistamiAAoo lahu inna allatheena tadAAoona min dooni Allahi lan yakhluqoo thubaban walawi ijtamaAAoo lahu wain yaslubuhumu alththubabu shayan la yastanqithoohu minhu daAAufa alttalibu waalmatloobu
Translations
O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allah will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for that purpose. And if the fly should steal away from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued
Saheeh International
O mankind! A similitude is coined, so pay ye heed to it: Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah will never create a fly though they combine together for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they could not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought
Marmaduke Pickthall