29فَكَفىٰ بِاللَّهِ شَهيدًا بَينَنا وَبَينَكُم إِن كُنّا عَن عِبادَتِكُم لَغافِلينَMuhammad Asadand none can bear witness between us and you as God does: we were, for certain, unaware of your worshipping [us]."1Thus the Qur'an makes it clear that the saints and prophets who, after their death, have been unwarrantably deified by their followers shall not be held accountable for the blasphemous worship accorded to them (cf. 5:116-117); furthermore, even the inanimate objects of false worship will symbolically deny any connection between themselves and their worshippers.