Surah Al-Ahqaf, ayah 28

فَلَوۡلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرۡبَانًا ءَالِهَةَۢۖ بَلۡ ضَلُّواْ عَنۡهُمۡۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفۡكُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ٢٨

Falawlā nasarahumul-ladhīnat-takhadhū min dūnillāhi qurbānan ālihata bal dallū 'anhum wadhālika ifkuhum wamā kānū yaftarūn

Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him]¹⁴⁸⁷ not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.