17:57
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًۭا
Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
The gods of the Idolators can neither benefit nor harm; rather they themselves seek to draw close to Allah
Allah says:
قُلْ
(Say) O Muhammad to these idolators who worship things other than Allah,
ادْعُواْ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِ
(Call upon those - besides Him whom you pretend.) such as idols and rivals of Allah. Even if you turn to them,
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