The Holy Quran 16:73 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Translation

They (the Mushrikeen) worship besides Allaah things that have no control over (cannot provide) any sustenance for them from the skies (they cannot make rain fall), nor from the earth (they cannot make anything grow from the soil) and they (their gods) do not (even) have the ability (to provide anything even though they may try everything in their power).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, they have no divine power either to send down rain from the sky or to grow grain from the earth. How, then, did they become partners of the All-Powerful in the right to worship? that is, neither do they have power at present, nor are they able to acquire it in the future.

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