Surah Al-Isra
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا
Ulā'ikal-lażīna yad‘ūna yabtagūna ilā rabbihimul-wasīlata ayyuhum aqrabu wa yarjūna raḥmatahū wa yakhāfūna ‘ażābah(ū), inna ‘ażāba rabbika kāna maḥżūrā(n).
Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.
📝 Footnotes
431) Prophet Isa (Jesus) a.s., the angels, and Uzair (Ezra), whom they have been worshipping all this time, actually invoke and seek ways to draw closer to Allah SWT.