The Wind-Curved Sandhills
46. Al-'Aḥqāf
الأحقاف
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وَمَنْ
أَضَلُّ
مِمَّن
يَدْعُو
مِن
دُونِ
اللَّهِ
مَن
لَّا
يَسْتَجِيبُ
لَهُ
إِلَى
يَوْمِ
الْقِيَامَةِ
وَهُمْ
عَن
دُعَائِهِمْ
غَافِلُونَ
wa-man ʾaḍallu mimman yadʿū min dūni llāhi man lā yastajību lahū ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati wa-hum ʿan duʿāʾihim ghāfilūna
Who is more astray than him who invokes besides Allah such [entities] as would not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection, and who are oblivious of their invocation?
— Ali Quli Qarai
And who is more astray than one who invokes besides Allah, such as will not answer him to the Day of Judgment, and who (in fact) are unconscious of their call (to them)?