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anything and are themselves created; who are not capable
of helping them and cannot even help themselves? If you
call them to guidance, they will not follow you. It makes no
difference if you call them or stay silent. Those you call on
besides Allah are servants, just like yourselves. Call on
them and let them respond to you, if you are telling the
truth. Do they have legs with which they can walk? Do
they have hands with which they can grasp? Do they have
eyes with which they can see? Do they have ears with
which they can hear? Say: “Call on your partner-deities, try
all your wiles against me, and grant me no reprieve. My
Protector is Allah, Who sent down the Book. He takes care
of the believers.” Those you call on besides Him are not ca-
pable of helping you. They cannot even help themselves. If
you call them to guidance, they do not hear. You see them
looking at you, yet they do not see. (Surat al-A‘raf, 7:191-98)

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