And they worship the thing other than Allah, which neither harms them nor benefits them*, and they say, “These are our intercessors** before Allah”; say, “What! You inform Allah of something which in His knowledge does not exist in the heavens or in the earth?” Purity and Supremacy are to Him, above their association. (* Some things like the sun, stars, trees are useful but they too are created by Allah. Their worship will not benefit – in fact it is harmful ** Only the virtuous will be granted permission by Allah to intercede.)
かれらはアッラーの外に，かれらを害せず，また益のないものに仕えて，「これら（の神々）は，アッラーの御前でわたしたちを執り成すものです。」と言う。言ってやるがいい。「あなたがたは，天地においてアッラーの知らないことを，かれに告げようとするのか。」かれを讃えなさい。かれはかれらが配するものの上に高くおられる。