"And do not call-O Messenger-instead of Allah anything from the idols and the statues; because they do not benefit nor harm, so if you did that and called them instead of Allah then you at that time are of the polytheists with Allah, the wrongdoers to themselves with polytheism and disobedience." And this even if it was a speech to the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, it is directed to the Ummah in general.