and yet there are men who take others as compeers of god and bestow on them love due to god but the love of the faithful for god is more intense. if only the wicked could see now the agony that they will behold they will know that to god belongs the power entirely. and the punishment of god is severe.
ومن الناس من يتخذ من دون الله أندادا يحبونهم كحب الله والذين آمنوا أشد حبا لله ولو يرى الذين ظلموا إذ يرون العذاب أن القوة لله جميعا وأن الله شديد العذاب