مَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِہٖۗ اِلَّاۗ اَسْمَاۗءً سَمَّيْتُمُوْہَاۗ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَاۗؤُكُمْ مَّاۗ اَنْزَلَ اللہُ بِہَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍ۰ۭ اِنِ الْحُكْمُ اِلَّا لِلہِ۰ۭ اَمَرَ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُوْۗا اِلَّاۗ اِيَّاہُ۰ۭ ذٰلِكَ الدِّيْنُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ۴۰
Ma taAAbudoona min doonihi illa asmaan sammaytumooha antum waabaokum ma anzala Allahu biha min sultanin ini alhukmu illa lillahi amara alla taAAbudoo illa iyyahu thalika alddeenu alqayyimu walakinna akthara alnnasi la yaAAlamoona
(What) you worship besides Him are nothing but names that you and your fathers have assigned, for which no sanction has been sent down by God. Authority belongs to God alone. He commands that you worship none but Him. This is the right way; but most men are ignorant.
