أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا

Afala yarawna alla yarjiAAuilayhim qawlan wala yamliku lahum darran walanafAAa

Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?