36وَيَقولونَ أَئِنّا لَتارِكو آلِهَتِنا لِشاعِرٍ مَجنونٍMuhammad Asadand would say, "Shall we, then, give up our deities at the bidding of a mad poet?"1Lit., "for [or "for the sake of") a mad poet" - thus alluding to the allegation that the Qur'an is a product of Muhammad's mind (see note 38 on 36:69). The reference to "deities" comprises, in this context, everything that man may "worship" in both the literal and the metaphorical senses of this word.