Translation of the meanings Ayah 71 Surah Al-An‘ām - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 71

قُلۡ أَنَدۡعُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُنَا وَلَا يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡقَابِنَا بَعۡدَ إِذۡ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ كَٱلَّذِي ٱسۡتَهۡوَتۡهُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ حَيۡرَانَ لَهُۥٓ أَصۡحَٰبٞ يَدۡعُونَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱلۡهُدَى ٱئۡتِنَاۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلۡهُدَىٰۖ وَأُمِرۡنَا لِنُسۡلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

(71) Say ˹Muhammad˺: “Are we to pray to that – apart from Allah – which neither benefits us nor harms us^[1400]; and be turned on our heels when Allah guided us^[1401]?” ˹And be˺ Like the one who was lured by the devils ˹to stray˺ in the land, bewildered, while he has ˹true˺ friends calling him to guidance: “Come to us!” Say: “Indeed ˹true˺ guidance is the guidance of Allah! We were commanded to ˹devoutly˺ submit to the Lord of all beings”.

[1400] This implies the surrounding idolaters, who worshipped nothing more than inanimate objects, statues and carvings (cf. al-Rāzī).
[1401] Back to the old days of misguidedness. (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī)