These ˹idols˺ are mere names that you and your forefathers have made up1—a practice Allah has never authorized. They follow nothing but ˹inherited˺ assumptions and whatever ˹their˺ souls desire, although ˹true˺ guidance has already come to them from their Lord.
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ (24)
Or should every person ˹simply˺ have whatever ˹intercessors˺ they desire?1
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ (25)
In fact, to Allah ˹alone˺ belongs this world and the next.
˹Imagine˺ how many ˹noble˺ angels are in the heavens! ˹Even˺ their intercession would be of no benefit whatsoever, until Allah gives permission to whoever He wills and ˹only for the people He˺ approves.
although they have no knowledge ˹in support˺ of this. They follow nothing but ˹inherited˺ assumptions. And surely assumptions can in no way replace the truth.
