Of crops and the livestock He provided, they set aside a portion for God, they said, "This is for God," according to their claim, "This is for our partners." However, what was for their partners did not reach God, while what was for God reached their partners! Miserable is how they judged.
Translation endnotes
[6:136] The Quran was not revealed to warn only the Meccan polytheists; it is a warning and good news for all humanity. Thus, we notice that the characteristics of medieval mushriks are found in modern mushriks. The verse refers to the following common claim of the followers of manmade religious teachings: "According to God this is haram (prohibited), according to Prophet Muhammed (peace and blessings be upon him), or according to this or that emam/alim (may God be pleased from them), these and those are haram."