Al-Isra 17:57 اولايك الذين يدعون يبتغون الى ربهم الوسيلة ايهم اقرب ويرجون رحمته ويخافون عذابه ان عذاب ربك كان محذورا ٥٧
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَدۡعُونَ
يَبۡتَغُونَ
إِلَىٰ
رَبِّهِمُ
ٱلۡوَسِيلَةَ
أَيُّهُمۡ
أَقۡرَبُ
وَيَرۡجُونَ
رَحۡمَتَهُۥ
وَيَخَافُونَ
عَذَابَهُۥٓۚ
إِنَّ
عَذَابَ
رَبِّكَ
كَانَ
مَحۡذُورٗا
٥٧
Those whom they invoke, do themselves seek the means of access to their Lord as to which of them becomes the closest, and they hope for His Mercy and fear His punishment. The punishment of your Lord is really something to be feared.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The gods of the Idolators can neither benefit nor harm; rather they themselves seek to draw close to Allah
Allah says:
قُلْ
(Say) O Muhammad to these idolators who worship things other than Allah,
ادْعُواْ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِ
(Call upon those - besides Him whom you pretend.) such as idols an
…The gods of the Idolators can neither benefit nor harm; rather they themselves seek to draw close to Allah
Allah says:
قُلْ
(Say) O Muhammad to these ido
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