(Swaffaath) 37 : 24
وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ
Stop them there; indeed they have to be questioned.
“What they used to worship other than Allah” in verses 37: 22-23 refers not to saintly people mentioned in verses 25: 17-18, but to the hypocritical leaders, they blindly followed in this world, as mentioned in verses 28: 62-64. See explanation 2: 165-167; 33: 66-68; 36: 59-62.