Surah 34:41
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وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِيَّاكُمۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ
On the Day when He gathers them all together, He will say to the angels, ‘(Was it) you these were serving?’
قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِمۖ بَلۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ ٱلۡجِنَّۖ أَكۡثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤۡمِنُونَ
They will say, ‘Glory to You! You are our ally, not they. No! They used to serve the jinn – most of them believed in them.’
فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَا يَمۡلِكُ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ نَّفۡعٗا وَلَا ضَرّٗا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
‘So today none of you has power to (cause) another benefit or harm.’ And We shall say to those who did evil, ‘Taste the punishment of the Fire which you called a lie.’
Allah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, He will rebuke the idolators before all of creation. He will ask the angels whom the idolators used to worship, claiming that their idols were in the form of these angels and that they could bring them nearer to Allah. He will ask the angels:
meaning, ‘did you command them to worship you?’ Allah says in Surat Al-Furqarc
{Was it you who misled these My servants or did they (themselves) stray from the (right) path?} (25:17).
And He will say to Isa, peace be upon him:
{Did you say unto men : "Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah?,' He will say: "Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say)."} (5:116).
Similarly, the angels will say:
{Glorified be You!} meaning, ‘exalted and sanctified be You above the notion that there could be any god besides You.’
{You are our Protector instead of them .} means, *we are Your servants and we disown these people before You.’
meaning, the Shayatin, because they are the ones who made idol worship attractive to them and who misguided them.
{most of them were believers in them} This is like the Ayah:
{They invoke nothing but females besides Him, and they invoke nothing but Shaytan, a persistent rebel! Allah cursed him } (4:117-118).
Allah says:
{So Today, none of you can profit or harm one another. }
means, ‘none of those idols and rivals whom you hoped would benefit you, will be of any avail to you, those whom you worshipped in the hope that they would help you at times of stress and calamity. Today they will have no power either to benefit you or to harm you.’
{And We shall say to those who did wrong:)} - meaning the idolaters -
meaning, this will be said to them by way of rebuke.