Then why did those they took besides Allah as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.
پس چرا کسانی را که فروتر از خدا را، به منزله‌ی معبودانی، برای تقرّب (به خدا) اختیار کرده بودند، آنان را یاری نکردند، بلکه از آنان پنهان شدند؟ و این بود دروغشان و آنچه به گزاف برمی‌بافته‌اند.