The day We gather them all, then We say to those who set up partners: "Where are your partners whom you used to claim?"
Translation endnotes
[6:22-24] Those who associate manmade religious teachings and the opinions of their religious scholars with God's word and judgment are mushriks (polytheists), and yet they deny their shirk (polytheism). The relationship between the verses is obvious (Also, see 3:80; 6:148; 16:35; 53:19- 23).