Surah Al-Ahqaf (The Sand-Hills), Verse 28

فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ الَّذِیْنَ اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ قُرْبَانًا اٰلِهَةً بَلْ ضَلُّوْا عَنْهُمْ وَذٰلِكَ اِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوْا یَفْتَرُوْنَ ۟

Falaw laa nasarahumul lazeenat takhazoo min doonil laahi qurbaanan aalihatam bal dalloo 'anhum' wa zaalika ifkuhum wa maa kaanoo yaftaroon

“Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those whom they worshipped as gods, besides Allah, as a means of access (to Allah)? Nay, they left them in the lurch: but that was their falsehood and their invention.”

Quran 46:28 (Yusuf Ali Translation)