Taha 20:89

Afala yarawna alla yarjiAAuilayhim qawlan wala yamliku lahum darran walanafAAa

Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

Have they not been seeing that it did not respond to them (even) with a word, nor did it have power to harm or benefit them?