Or have they taken allies besides Him? But God is the ally, and He is the One who resurrects the dead, and He is able to do all things.
Translation endnotes
[42:9] Those who worship their clerics and scholars (9:31; 42:21), especially in Pakistan and India call their religious leaders Mawlana, that is "our lord, our master, our patron." By assuming and using such a title, those religious leaders participate and encourage in this polytheistic practice. As long as Sunni and Shiite mushriks do not submit themselves to God alone, and as long as they consider their religious scholars and clerics to be their masters and lords, they will remain in the darkness of ignorance. See 2:286.