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wa-lladhīna yadʿūna min dūni llāhi lā yakhluqūna shayʾan wa-hum yukhlaqūna
Those whom they invoke besides Allah do not create anything and are themselves created.
— Ali Quli Qarai
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Surah An-Nahl – Verse 20
20. “And those they call on besides Allah do not create anything and they are themselves created.”
The Holy Qur’an stresses the issue of creativity once again, implying: Those whom they worship other than Allah, not only they do not create anything but also they themselves are created ones. The verse says:
“And those they call on besides Allah do not create anything and they are themselves created.”
The issue in question has so far been that these are not the creators and for this reason they are not worth worshipping. Now the Qur’an declares that they are themselves created and needy as well.