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Muhammad Asad   
Why-did they not see that [the thing] could not give them any response, and had no power to harm or to benefit them
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Did they not see that it did not respond to them, nor could it protect or benefit them?
Safi Kaskas   
Did they not see that it did not respond to them and that it had no power to either harm or benefit them?

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Arabic   
أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعً
Transliteration (2021)   
afalā yarawna allā yarjiʿu ilayhim qawlan walā yamliku lahum ḍarran walā nafʿa
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Then, did not they see that not it (could) return to them a word and not possess for them any harm and not any benefit?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Why-did they not see that [the thing] could not give them any response, and had no power to harm or to benefit them
M. M. Pickthall   
See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Did they not see that it did not respond to them, nor could it protect or benefit them?
Safi Kaskas   
Did they not see that it did not respond to them and that it had no power to either harm or benefit them?
Wahiduddin Khan   
Why did they not see that it could not give them any response and had no power to harm or benefit them
Shakir   
What! could they not see that it did not return to them a reply, and (that) it did not control any harm or benefit for them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Then, see they not that it returns not to them a saying and it possesses for them neither hurt nor profit?
T.B.Irving   
Did they not consider it would not talk back to them, nor control any harm or advantage for them?
Abdul Hye   
Did they not see that it could not return to them a word (for answer), nor it had power for them to harm nor help?
The Study Quran   
Have they not considered that it does not respond to them with words, and that it has no power over what harm or benefit may come to them
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Do they then not mark that it does not return them a word and it does not possess for them any harm and nor a benefit
Farook Malik   
What! Could they not see that it did not respond to them and that it could neither harm them nor help them
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
Did they not see that it cannot return a word to them, and has no power to harm them or benefit them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Do they not then see that it does not return any speech to them, neither does it possess (any power) for harm or profit to them
Muhammad Sarwar   
Did they not consider that the calf could not give them any answer, nor it could harm or benefit them
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Have they not been seeing that it did not respond to them (even) with a word, nor did it have power to harm or benefit them
Shabbir Ahmed   
They knew full well that, like all false deities, the golden calf could not respond to queries, and had no control over their harm or benefit
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Did they not see that it did not respond to them at all? Nor did it have the ability to hurt them, or help them
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Could they not see that it could not reply a word to them, and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them (any) good
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Did they not see that it did not respond to them, nor did it possess for them any harm or benefi
Abdel Haleem   
Did they not see that [the calf] gave them no answer, that it had no power to harm or benefit them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Observed they not that it returned not unto them a word, and owned not for them hurt or profit
Ahmed Ali   
Did they not see that it did not give them any answer, nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain
Aisha Bewley   
Could they not see that it did not reply to them and that it possessed no power to either harm or benefit them?
Ali Ünal   
Did they not see at all that (even) it could not return to them a word (for answer), and had no power to harm or benefit them
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Did they not see that it did not answer them, nor could it bring them any benefit or harm
Hamid S. Aziz   
What! Do they not see that it does not answer them in speech, and cannot control for them harm or profit
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Do they not see that it does not respond to them a word, and it does not have power of any harm or any benefit for them
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Could they not see that it could not return a word to them, and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good
Musharraf Hussain   
Why didn’t they realise the calf couldn’t answer them, and neither harm nor benefit them?
Maududi   
Did they not see that it did not return a word to them, and had no power either to hurt them or to cause them any benefit
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Did they not see that it did not respond to them? Nor did it possess for them any harm or benefit?
Mohammad Shafi   
Could they not see that it did not respond to them at all, and that it did have no power to do any harm or to bring any benefit to them

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Do they then not see that it does not return reply to them of any word and nor possess any power to hurt or profit them?
Rashad Khalifa   
Could they not see that it neither responded to them, nor possessed any power to harm them, or benefit them?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
What! Did they not see that it did not speak a word to them in return, and for them it could own neither harm nor benefit
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Could they not see that it returned no reply to them, nor controlled any harm or benefit for them
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
So do they not see/understand that it (does) not return to them a saying/words , and nor own/possess for them harm, and nor benefit/usefulness
Bijan Moeinian   
Were they not able to see that the statue could neither communicate with them nor had the power to do something (good or bad) for them
Faridul Haque   
So do they not see that it does not answer to any of their speech? And has no power to cause them any harm or benefit
Sher Ali   
Could they not see that it returned to them no answer, and had no power to do them either harm or good
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Well, did they not see (even this much) that this (calf) could not answer them a word, nor had it any power to cause them any loss or profit
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Could they not see that this (calf) made them no answer and could neither avoid harm to them nor do good (to any)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Did they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
What? Did they not see that thing returned no speech unto them, neither had any power to hurt or profit them
George Sale   
Did they not therefore see that their idol returned them no answer, and was not able to cause them either hurt or profit
Edward Henry Palmer   
What! do they not see that it does not return them any speech, and cannot control for them harm or profit
John Medows Rodwell   
What! saw they not that it returned them no answer, and could neither hurt nor help them
N J Dawood (2014)   
Did they not see that it returned to them no answer, and that it could neither harm nor help them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Could they not see that it could not respond a word? [Could they not see] that it had neither power to harm them nor benefit them?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Did they not consider it would not talk back to them, nor control any harm or advantage for them?
Sayyid Qutb   
Why! Did they not see that it could not give them any response, and that it could neither harm nor benefit them?
Ahmed Hulusi   
Do they not see that it (the calf) cannot give them any response and has no power to harm or benefit them!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Do they not see then that it (the Calf) returns to them no saying and possesses neither harm nor profit for them
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
Did they not see that it was mute, unable to respond to their discourse nor could it cause them harm nor afford them help
Mir Aneesuddin   
Then could they not see, that it did not return to them (even) a word (in reply) and it had no control on harming or benefiting them? (R 4)

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Then, did not they see that not it (could) return to them a word and not possess for them any harm and not any benefit