43. Ami ittakhathoo min dooni Allahi shufaAAaa qul awa law kanoo la yamlikoona shay-
an wala yaAAqiloon
a
43. What! Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah. Say: "Even if they have no
power whatever and no intelligence?"
44. Qul lillahi a
l
shshafaAAatu jameeAAan lahu mulku a
l
ssamawati wa
a
l-ardi thumma
ilayhi turjaAAoon
a
44. Say: "To Allah belongs exclusively (the right to grant) intercession: to Him belongs
the dominion of the heavens and the earth: In the End, it is to Him that ye shall be
brought back."
45. Wa-itha thukira Allahu wahdahu ishmaazzat quloobu allatheena la yu/minoona bi
a
l-
akhirati wa-itha thukira allatheena min doonihi itha hum yastabshiroon
a
45. When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in
the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror; but when (gods) other than He are
mentioned, behold, they are filled with joy!
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