See how they lied to themselves; and what they invented deserted them.
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).