other than Him, We would repay him with Hell; thus do We repay the wrongdoers.” (21:29)

Allah the Exalted also said: “The Messiah would never disdain to be a servant of Allah, nor would the angels who are nearest to Him. Whoever disdains His worship and grows arrogant, He will gather them all to Himself.” (4:172)

He likewise said: “They say, ‘The All-Merciful has taken a child.’ You have indeed advanced a monstrous claim. The heavens are nearly torn apart at it, the earth is about to split, and the mountains are ready to crumble to pieces—that they should ascribe a child to the All-Merciful. It is not befitting for the All-Merciful to take a child. There is none in the heavens or on earth who will not come to the All-Merciful as a slave; He has counted them and numbered them precisely, and each one of them will come to Him on the Day of Resurrection all alone.” (19:88–95)

He said as well: “They worship, apart from Allah, that which can neither harm them nor benefit them, and they say, ‘These are our intercessors with Allah.’ Say: Do you inform Allah of something He does not know in the heavens or on earth? Glory be to Him, and exalted is He above what they associate with Him.” (10:18)

And He said: “How many an angel there is in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing except after Allah has given permission to whomever He wills and approves.” (53:26)