And they have certainly led astray by these gods many people by commanding them to worship them. And do not O God increase the evildoers except in error!’ wa-lā tazidi’l-zālimīna illā dalālan is a supplement to qad adallū ‘they have certainly led astray’ He Noah invoked God against them when it was revealed to him that ‘None of your people will believe except he who has already believed’ Q. 1136.