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And the Exalted has said:
“Say: ‘Call upon those whom you claim besides Him; they have no power to remove affliction from you nor to shift it.’ Those whom they invoke themselves seek a means of nearness to their Lord—each striving to be the closest—hoping for His mercy and fearing His punishment. Truly, the punishment of your Lord is ever to be dreaded.” ⦗17:56-57⦘
وَقَالَ تَعَالَى:
{قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا - أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَى رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا}
[الإسراء: ٥٦ - ٥٧]
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