The Forgiver - 40:74 "With Allah?"And they say, "They have forsaken us. It seems that we did not call upon anything before."This is how Allah leads the disbelievers astray."
It turns out that we were not begging for anything before:
Prophet Jonah/10:28 "On the Day when We gather them together, We will separate them from each other, saying to those who associate partners, "You and your partners, take your places!"And their associates will say: "You were not serving Us"."
Prophet Jonah/10:29 "Allah is a witness between us and you that we were unaware of your worshipping"."

The Thunder/13:14 The true prayer is addressed to Him. Those whom they call to besides Him cannot answer them in any way. Like one who stretches out his hand for water, but nothing reaches his mouth. The prayer of the disbelievers is in vain.