وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًۭا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ
Wa laa yastatee'oona lahum nasranw wa laaa anfusahum yansuroon
And the false deities are unable to [give] them help, nor can they help themselves.
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Oneness of Allah
7:192Ayah 1206
19 ayahs in Al-A'raaf are strongly about the oneness of Allah.
← Previous on Oneness of Allah7:191Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?Next on Oneness of Allah →7:194Indeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allah are servants like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful.
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and who are not able to give them that is those who worship them any help nor can they help themselves? by defending themselves against someone intending to damage them by breaking them or otherwise the interrogative is meant as a rebuke.
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