then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach not help them? nay but they did fail them utterly. and that was their lie and what they used to invent.
فلولا نصرهم الذين اتخذوا من دون الله قربانا آلهة بل ضلوا عنهم وذلك إفكهم وما كانوا يفترون