(Can They Create a Fly?)
O people, here is a parable that you must ponder carefully: the idols you set up beside God can never create a fly, even if they banded together to do so. Furthermore, if the fly steals anything from them, they cannot recover it; weak is the pursuer and the pursued.
يٰأَيُّهَا النّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاستَمِعوا لَهُ إِنَّ الَّذينَ تَدعونَ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ لَن يَخلُقوا ذُبابًا وَلَوِ اجتَمَعوا لَهُ وَإِن يَسلُبهُمُ الذُّبابُ شَيـًٔا لا يَستَنقِذوهُ مِنهُ ضَعُفَ الطّالِبُ وَالمَطلوبُ
yaaa ayyuhan naasu duriba masalun fastami’oo lah; innal lazeena tad’oona min doonil laahi lai yakhluqoo zubaabanw wa lawijtama’oo lahoo wa iny yaslub humuz zubaabu shai’an laa yastanqizoohu minh; da’ufat taalibu wal matloob