Nor does he order you that you take the angels and the prophets as lords. Would he order you to reject after you have peacefully surrendered?
Translation endnotes
[3:80] Those who could not call Muhammed "God's Son" came up with alternative ways of idolizing him and making him a partner with God. They added his name next to God in the statement of testimony (shahada); they commemorated his name in sala prayers; accepted him as a savior through stories of intercession; considered him infallible and free of sins; considered the fabrications attributed to him as the second source of their religion; claimed that the universe was created because of him; and gave him many exclusive divine attributes. According to the Quran, mushriks are ignorant and delusional; even though they have sunk deep into shirk, they think they are monotheists (6:23).