“They do not speak before He does, and they act at His command.”

“He knows what is before them and what is behind them. They intercede only for those whom He approves, and they stand in awe of Him.”

“Whoever among them says, ‘I am a god besides Him,’ We will repay with Hell. Thus do We repay the wrongdoers.”

He, the Exalted, says:

“The Messiah would never disdain to be a servant of Allah, nor would the angels brought near to Him. Whoever disdains His worship and is arrogant—He will gather them all to Himself.”

He, the Exalted, says:

“They say, ‘The Most Merciful has taken a child.’”

“You have certainly uttered something monstrous.”

“The heavens almost rupture at it, the earth splits apart, and the mountains collapse in ruins,”

“because they attribute a child to the Most Merciful.”

“It is not fitting for the Most Merciful to take a child.”

“There is no one in the heavens or on earth who will not come to the Most Merciful as a servant.”

“He has certainly accounted for them and counted them precisely.”

“Each of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection.”

He, the Exalted, says:

“They worship besides Allah what can neither harm nor benefit them, and they say, ‘These are our intercessors with Allah.’ Say, ‘Are you informing Allah of something He does not know in the heavens or on earth?’ Glory be to Him! Exalted is He above what they associate with Him.”

He, the Exalted, says:

“How many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession is of no avail except after Allah gives permission for whomever He wills and approves.”

He, the Exalted, says:

“Who can intercede with Him except by His permission?”

And He says:

“If Allah touches you with harm, none can remove it but Him; and if He intends good for you, none can repel His bounty.”

He, the Exalted, says:

“Whatever mercy Allah grants to people, none can withhold; and whatever He withholds, none can release thereafter.”

He, the Exalted, says:

“Say, ‘Have you considered those whom you invoke besides Allah? If Allah intends harm for me, can they remove His harm? Or if He intends mercy for me, can they withhold His mercy?’ Say, ‘Allah is sufficient for me. In Him those who trust place their trust.’”

There are many passages like this in the Quran.

As for those other than the prophets—scholars and religious teachers—whoever regards them as intermediaries between