Their gods have no power to sustain any one or even to feed themselves...
Their gods have no power to sustain any one or even to feed themselves:- ``Verily those whom you worship apart from Allah, have no power to sustain you. So seek sustenance from Allah and be thankful to Him.'' In other word, commit yourself to the care of Allah and put your trust in Him. Seek from Him all that is needed for your physical or spiritual progress, and prepare yourself for your everlasting life, in the world to come.
Do not doubt that Allah can, and will give His servant all that he may need. قُلْ سِيرُوا فِى الاَْرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ اللهُ يُنشِىءُ النَّشْأَةَ الاْخِرَةَ إِنَّ اللهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْء قَدِيرٌ(( 20 )) 20- SAY:- ``TRAVEL THROUGH THE EARTH, AND SEE HOW HAS HE ORIGINATED THE CREATION, THEN ALLAH WILL CREATE THE LAST CREATION (AS HE CREATED THE FIRST), FOR ALLAH HAS POWER ON (DOING) ALL-THINGS.'' يُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ(( 21 )) 21- HE PUNISHES WHOM HE WILL, AND WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM HE WILL, AND TO HIM YOU SHALL RETURN.
[ 617 ] وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى الاَْرْضِ وَلاَ فِى السَّمَاءِ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ مِنْ وَلِىّ وَلاَ نَصِير(( 22 )) 22- AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FRUSTRATE (GOD'S PLANS) IN THE EARTH, NOR IN THE SKY, AND THERE IS NOT ANY PROTECTOR OR HELPER FOR YOU APART FROM ALLAH.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللهِ وَلِقَائِهِ أُوْلَئِكَ يَئِسُوا مِنْ رَّحْمَتِى وَأُوْلَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ(( 23 )) 23- AND THOSE WHO DISBELIEVED THE SIGNS OF ALLAH AND HIS VISIT, THEY HAVE DESPAIRED OF MY MERCY, AND FOR THEM IS A PAINFUL PUNISHMENT. THE COMMENTARY THOSE ABANDONED TO DESPAIR VERSE NO.20ِ23 The argument goes on about the Resurrection of Man. It is a style of Qura"n to pause on a critical point of a story and then apply to some conclusions.
The previous verse (NO.19) was encouraging men to travel mentally through the earth, and see how Allah has originated the creation, and how He concludes and then renews it. Then here in the above verse (NO.20), the Guide Book of Allah bids us to continue our travel through the earth physically, in order to study God's creation, and the past and present of Man, and the causes of their fortune and misfortune.