﴿ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ ﴾

“instead of God? Can these [things and beings] be of any help to you or to themselves?””

besides God? that is other than Him in the way of idols. Do they help you by averting from you the chastisement or do they help one another?’ by averting it from themselves? No neither!