To Him alone should all prayer be addressed, for those to whom they do address their prayers beside Him are altogether powerless to respond to them. The example of praying to any other than Allah is that of a man who stretches out his hands to water, asking it to reach his mouth, although water has no power to reach his mouth. The prayers of the unbelievers are a sheer waste.
真実の祈りはかれに（だけ祈ることで）ある。かれの外にかれらが祈るものは，決してかれらに答えない。丁度両手を水に差し伸べて，それが自分のロに届く（のを望む）ようなもので，それはかれに届かない。信仰がない者の祈りは，（心が）迷っている（ので無益なこと）に過ぎない。