The Table Spread - 5:76
"Say, "Do you serve besides Allah those who can neither harm nor benefit you? Allah Hears, Knows."
Why did they serve those who could neither harm nor benefit them?
The Heights/7:188
"Say: "I can neither benefit nor harm myself except what Allah wills. Had I known the secret, I would have increased my wealth and no evil would have touched me. I am but a bearer of glad tidings and a warner to a people who believe."
قُلْ لَٓا اَمْلِكُ لِنَفْس۪ي نَفْعاً وَلَا ضَراًّ اِلَّا مَا شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ اَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِۚ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّٓوءُ اِنْ اَنَا۬ اِلَّا نَذ۪يرٌ وَبَش۪يرٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ۟
Prophet Jonah/10:18
"They leave Allah and serve those who can do them neither harm nor good, and say: "These will intercede for us with Allah". Say: "Do you inform Him of what Allah does not know in the heavens and the earth? He is Most High, far from what you associate partners with."
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنْفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ شُفَعَٓاؤُ۬نَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِۜ قُلْ اَتُنَبِّؤُ۫نَ اللّٰهَ بِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
Prophet Jonah/10:49
"Say: "Except Allah wills, I have no power to harm or benefit even myself. Every community has a term. When their term is over, they will neither be delayed for an hour nor brought forward."
قُلْ لَٓا اَمْلِكُ لِنَفْس۪ي ضَراًّ وَلَا نَفْعاً اِلَّا مَا شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ لِكُلِّ اُمَّةٍ اَجَلٌۜ اِذَا جَٓاءَ اَجَلُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
The Thunder/13:16
"Say: "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?"Say: "Allah."Say: "Have you taken as saints besides Him those who can neither benefit nor harm even themselves?"Say: "Are the blind and the seeing alike, or the darkness and the light alike?"Or have they found partners who create as Allah has created, and have they confused their creations with each other? Say: "Allah is the Creator of all things, He is One, Sovereign."
قُلْ مَنْ رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ قُلِ اللّٰهُۜ قُلْ اَفَاتَّخَذْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِاَنْفُسِهِمْ نَفْعاً وَلَا ضَراًّۜ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الْاَعْمٰى وَالْبَص۪يرُۙ اَمْ هَلْ تَسْتَوِي الظُّلُمَاتُ وَالنُّورُۚ اَمْ جَعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ شُرَكَٓاءَ خَلَقُوا كَخَلْقِه۪ فَتَشَابَهَ الْخَلْقُ عَلَيْهِمْۜ قُلِ اللّٰهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ
The Criterion/25:2
To Him belongs the government of the heavens and the earth. He has not begotten children, nor does He have a partner in His rule. He has created everything and given it order with the most detailed measurements.
اَلَّذ۪ي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَر۪يكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُ تَقْد۪يراً
The Criterion/25:3
Yet they have set up beside Him gods who cannot create anything, who are themselves created, who cannot benefit or harm even themselves, who cannot kill or kill, who cannot live or resurrect.
وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اٰلِهَةً لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِاَنْفُسِهِمْ ضَراًّ وَلَا نَفْعاً وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتاً وَلَا حَيٰوةً وَلَا نُشُوراً