ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَـٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ Qur’an Ghafir (40:62)Tha likumu All a hu rabbukum kh a liqu kulli shayin l a il a ha ill a huwa faann a tufakoon a
Sc., "O you who deny this truth!" For my above rendering of tu'fakun, see note [90] on the last sentence of 5:75 .
If we worship false gods, i.e., go after vanities, what is it that deludes us and leads us astray? What could it be but our rank ingratitude and failure to use the understanding which Allah has given us?