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Al-Ahqaf 46:5

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وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَآئِهِمْ غَـٰفِلُونَ

And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allāh those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection [i.e., never], and they, of their invocation, are unaware.

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وقوله : ( ومن أضل ممن يدعو من دون الله من لا يستجيب له إلى يوم القيامة وهم عن دعائهم غافلون ) أي : لا أضل ممن يدعو أصناما ، ويطلب منها ما لا تستطيعه إلى يوم القيامة ، وهي غافلة عما يقول ، لا تسمع ولا تبصر ولا تبطش ; لأنها جماد حجارة صم .

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