why then did the idols whom they worshiped as means of nearness to god not help them? in fact they abandoned them. it was their lie a fabrication of their own making.
فلولا نصرهم الذين اتخذوا من دون الله قربانا آلهة بل ضلوا عنهم وذلك إفكهم وما كانوا يفترون