یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلࣱ فَٱسۡتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥۤۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن یَخۡلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابࣰا وَلَوِ ٱجۡتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥۖ وَإِن یَسۡلُبۡهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَیۡءࣰا لَّا یَسۡتَنقِذُوهُ مِنۡهُۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلۡمَطۡلُوبُ ۝٧٣
yāayyuhā l-nāsu ḍuriba mathalun fa-is'tamiʿū lahu inna alladhīna tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi lan yakhluqū dhubāban walawi ij'tamaʿū lahu wa-in yaslub'humu l-dhubābu shayan lā yastanqidhūhu min'hu ḍaʿufa l-ṭālibu wal-maṭlūb
Abdel Haleem: People, here is an illustration, so listen carefully: those you call on beside God could not, even if they combined all their forces, create a fly, and if a fly took something away from them, they would not be able to retrieve it. How feeble are the petitioners and how feeble are those they petition

Interlinear Analysis

1
yāayyuhā
أَيّ
Root: أ ي ي
Noun
2
l-nāsu
ناس
Root: أ ن س
Noun
3
ḍuriba
ضَرَبَ
Root: ض ر ب
Verb
4
mathalun
مَثَل
Root: م ث ل
Noun
5
fa-is'tamiʿū
اسْتَمَعَ
Root: س م ع
Verb
6
لَهُۥٓ
lahu
Noun
7
inna
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
8
alladhīna
الَّذِي
Root: ا ل ذ ي
Noun
9
tadʿūna
دَعا
Root: د ع و
Verb
10
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
11
dūni
دُون
Root: د و ن
Noun
12
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
13
lan
لَن
Root: ل ن
Prep.
14
yakhluqū
خَلَقَ
Root: خ ل ق
Verb
15
dhubāban
ذُباب
Root: ذ ب ب
Noun
16
walawi
لَو
Root: ل و
Prep.
17
ij'tamaʿū
اجْتَمَعُ
Root: ج م ع
Verb
18
لَهُۥ
lahu
Noun
19
wa-in
إِن
Root: ا ن
Prep.
20
yaslub'humu
يَسْلُبْ
Root: س ل ب
Verb
21
l-dhubābu
ذُباب
Root: ذ ب ب
Noun
22
shayan
شَىْء
Root: ش ي أ
Noun
23
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
24
yastanqidhūhu
يَسْتَنقِذُ
Root: ن ق ذ
Verb
25
min'hu
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
26
ḍaʿufa
ضَعُفَ
Root: ض ع ف
Verb
27
l-ṭālibu
طالِب
Root: ط ل ب
Noun
28
wal-maṭlūbu
مَطْلُوب
Root: ط ل ب
Noun