ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ Qur’an Al-Hijr (15:96)Alla th eena yajAAaloona maAAa All a hi il a han a khara fasawfa yaAAlamoon a
Lit., "who postulate (yaj'alun), side by side with God, another deity (ilah)" - a term which is obviously used here in its generic sense, embracing anything that could be visualized as a "divine power": hence my use of the plural.