وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًۭا
Wa ya'budoona min doonil laahi maa laa yanfa'uhum wa laa yadurruhum; wa kaanal kaafiru 'alaa Rabbihee zaheeraa
But they worship rather than Allah that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].
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Oneness of Allah
25:55Ayah 177
7 ayahs in Al-Furqaan are strongly about the oneness of Allah. This is one of them.
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And they the disbelievers worship besides God that which neither benefits them when they worship it nor harms them should they refrain therefrom — and these are idols; and the disbeliever is ever a partisan against his Lord an assistant to Satan through his obedience to him.
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