Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 10 Yunus, Ayat 18-18
وَيَعۡبُدُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمۡ وَلَا يَنۡفَعُهُمۡ وَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ شُفَعَآؤُنَا عِنۡدَ اللّٰهِؕ قُلۡ اَتُـنَـبِّـُٔوۡنَ اللّٰهَ بِمَا لَا يَعۡلَمُ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَلَا فِى الۡاَرۡضِؕ سُبۡحٰنَهٗ وَتَعٰلٰى عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُوۡنَ
﴿10:18﴾
(10:18) They worship, beside Allah, those who can neither harm nor profit
them, saying; 'These are our intercessors with Allah.' Tell them (O Muhammad):
'Do you inform Allah of something regarding whose existence in the heavens or
on the earth He has no knowledge?24 Holy is He and He is exalted
far above what they associate with Him in His divinity'.
Notes
24. This is a fine way of saying that no such intercessors exist as can plead
their cases with Allah. For if something is not in the knowledge of Allah, it
implies that it does not exist at all, for everything that exists anywhere in
the heavens and the earth is in His knowledge.