Say: "Have you ever [really] considered those beings and forces to whom you ascribe a share in God's divinity,¹ [and] whom you invoke beside God? Show me what it is that they have created on earth or do [you claim that] they have a share in [governing] the heavens?" Have We ever vouchsafed them² a divine writ on which they could rely as evidence [in support of their views]?³ Nay, [the hope which] the evildoers hold out to one another [is] nothing but a delusion.⁴