To Him alone should all prayer be addressed, for those to whom they do address their prayers beside Him are altogether powerless to respond to them. The example of praying to any other than Allah is that of a man who stretches out his hands to water, asking it to reach his mouth, although water has no power to reach his mouth. The prayers of the unbelievers are a sheer waste.
دعوت حق تنها برای اوست و کسانی که جز او را می‌خوانند، آنان هیچ گونه اجابتی برایشان نمی‌کنند؛ مگر مانند کسی که دو دستش را به سوی آب گشاینده است تا (آب) به دهانش برسد، در حالی که (به آب) هرگز رسنده نیست. و درخواست کافران جز در (ژرفای) گمراهی نیست.