أَمِ اتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ شُفَعَآءَ قُلْ أَوَلَوْ كَـانُواْ لاَ يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يَعْقِلُونَ - قُل لِلَّهِ الشَّفَـعَةُ جَمِيعاً لَّهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ - وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ اشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ الَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
43. Have they taken as intercessors besides Allah Say: â€Even if they have power over nothing whatever and have no intelligence'' 44. Say: â€To Allah belongs all intercession. His is the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. Then to Him you shall be brought back.'' 45. And when Allah Alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and when those besides Him are mentioned, behold, they rejoice! Allah condemns the idolators for taking intercessors besides Allah, namely the idols and false gods whom they have taken on the basis of their own whims, with no evidence or proof. These idols are not able to do anything; they have no minds with which to think, and they cannot hear or see. They are inanimate and are much worse off than animals. Then Allah says: `Say -- O Muhammad -- to these people who claim that those whom they have taken as intercessors with Allah, that intercession is of no avail except for the one with whom Allah is pleased and to whom He has granted permission to intercede. The whole matter rests with Him.'
