The Troops
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[39:43]
And yet, they choose [to worship], side by side with God, [imaginary] intercessors!
Say: "Why – even though they have no power over anything, and no understanding?"

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* v.43 : This is the meaning of the particle am in this context (Zamakhsharī), implying that despite all the evidence of God’s almightiness, many people tend to disregard it.
* I.e., intercessors who could act as such independently of God’s permission – an assumption which the Qur’ān categorically denies (see sūrah 10, note 7).
* A reference to the adoration of dead saints or their tombs or relics, as well as of inanimate representations of saints, of imaginary deities, etc.