And they worship the thing other than Allah, which neither harms them nor benefits them*, and they say, “These are our intercessors** before Allah”; say, “What! You inform Allah of something which in His knowledge does not exist in the heavens or in the earth?” Purity and Supremacy are to Him, above their association. (* Some things like the sun, stars, trees are useful but they too are created by Allah. Their worship will not benefit – in fact it is harmful ** Only the virtuous will be granted permission by Allah to intercede.)
و غير از خدا چيزهايى را مى‌پرستند كه نه سودشان مى‌رساند و نه زيان، و مى‌گويند: اينها شفيعان ما در نزد خدايند. بگو: آيا خدا را از چيزى خبر مى‌دهيد كه در آسمان‌ها و زمين سراغ ندارد؟ او منزه و برتر است از آنچه شريك وى مى‌سازند