And who is the most strayed than the one who invokes others besides Allah who won’t respond to him till the Day of Judgement? And they are heedless about their invoking.
“Will not respond to him until the Day of Judgment” does not mean that they will respond on the Day of Judgment. Instead, as told in the next verse and in verses 36: 74–75, on the Day they will all be summoned, they will be enemies to one another. The Fujjar who bear the Lord’s Book like donkeys carrying a burden know how to pronounce “Allah” clearly with their tongues, but they invoke Allah’s creatures instead of invoking Allah. When verse 1: 7, which says “not in the path of those upon whom Allah’s wrath has happened and who are strayed,” is recited, the believer should remember in his heart: “not in the path of human-Satan hypocrites and their blind followers.” The Arabic Qur’an-reading Fujjar include these two groups. See explanation 35: 13–14, 38: 82–83, and 39: 8.