Translation of the meanings Ayah 12 Surah Al-Hajj - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 12

يَدۡعُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلۡبَعِيدُ

12. He invokes instead of Allāh, (idols) that can neither harm nor benefit him. That is the far straying (from the right way)³.

3. Image-worship or divine honour paid to any created object is clear idolatry and denial of the Creator. He forsook Allāh and sank into ignorance and moral corruption such as the worship of prophets, angels, jinn, saints, trees, rivers, hills, stones, etc.