Then why did those they took besides Allah as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.
تو جن کو ان لوگوں نے تقرب (خدا) کے سوا معبود بنایا تھا انہوں نے ان کی کیوں مدد نہ کی۔ بلکہ وہ ان (کے سامنے) سے گم ہوگئے۔ اور یہ ان کا جھوٹ تھا اور یہی وہ افتراء کیا کرتے تھے
Tafsir: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir · Translation edition — licence to be confirmed before release.