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Sura 39
Aya 3
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أَلا لِلَّهِ الدّينُ الخالِصُ ۚ وَالَّذينَ اتَّخَذوا مِن دونِهِ أَولِياءَ ما نَعبُدُهُم إِلّا لِيُقَرِّبونا إِلَى اللَّهِ زُلفىٰ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَحكُمُ بَينَهُم في ما هُم فيهِ يَختَلِفونَ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهدي مَن هُوَ كاذِبٌ كَفّارٌ

N. J. Dawood

To God alone is true worship due. As for those who choose other guardians1 besides Him, saying: ‘We serve them only that they may bring us nearer to God,’ God Himself will resolve their differences for them. God does not guide the untruthful disbeliever.
  • The allusion is to the worship of saints.