Surah Al-Hajj, ayah 73

22:73

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٞ فَٱسۡتَمِعُواْ لَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخۡلُقُواْ ذُبَابٗا وَلَوِ ٱجۡتَمَعُواْ لَهُۥۖ وَإِن يَسۡلُبۡهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيۡـٔٗا لَّا يَسۡتَنقِذُوهُ مِنۡهُۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلۡمَطۡلُوبُ ٧٣

Yā'ayyuhan-nāsu duriba mathalun fastami'ū lahū innal-ladhīna tad'ūna min dūnillāhi lan yakhluqū dhubāban walawijtama'ū lahū wa in yaslubhumudh-dhubābu shay'an llā yastanqidhūhu minhu da'ufat-tālibu wal-matlūb

O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allāh will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for it [i.e., that purpose]. And if the fly should steal from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued.943

Footnotes

943 A comparison is made here to the worshipper of a false deity and that which he worships.