191أَيُشرِكونَ ما لا يَخلُقُ شَيئًا وَهُم يُخلَقونَMuhammad AsadWill they, then,- ascribe divinity, side by side with Him, unto beings that cannot create anything1since they themselves are created -Lit., "that which does not create anything": a phrase expressed in the singular, but having the plural meaning of "beings" - that is, either animate beings (like saints or supposedly "divine" personalities) or their inanimate representations.