o men! a parable is set forth hearken then to it! behold those beings whom you invoke instead of god cannot create a fly even were they to join all their forces to that end! and if a fly robs them of anything they cannot rescue it from him! weak indeed is the seeker and the sought!
يا أيها الناس ضرب مثل فاستمعوا له إن الذين تدعون من دون الله لن يخلقوا ذبابا ولو اجتمعوا له وإن يسلبهم الذباب شيئا لا يستنقذوه منه ضعف الطالب والمطلوب