Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 192 (7:192)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

Quran 7:192 is ayah 192 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 175 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:192
وَلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَلَهُمْنَصْرًاوَلَآأَنفُسَهُمْيَنصُرُونَ١٩٢
walā yastaṭīʿūna lahum naṣran walā anfusahum yanṣurūna

And they [i.e., the false deities] are unable to [give] them help, nor can they help themselves.(192)

Word by word

  1. وَلَاwalāAnd not
  2. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able
  3. لَهُمْlahumto (give) them
  4. نَصْرًاnaṣranany help
  5. وَلَآwalāand not
  6. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  7. يَنصُرُونَyanṣurūnacan they help

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