22:73 yaa ay-yuhan naasu Duriba mathalun fastami'UU lah* in-nal-ladhiyna tad'UUna min duunil-laahi lay yakhluquu dhubaabaw walawijtama'UU lah* wa iy yaslubhumudh dhubaabu shay'al laa yastanqidhuuhu minh* Da'UfaT Taalibu wal maTluub

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
O people, an example is being illustrated therefore listen to it attentively; "Those whom you worship besides Allah can never create a fly even if they all come together for it; and if a fly took away something from them, they cannot retrieve that from it; how weak are the seeker and the sought!"

Yusuf Ali:
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!

Pickthal:
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!