The first verse points towards the self made gods, and their deities of the polytheists.

whims. It is said, “Whoever invokes any besides God, having no proof thereof.” These They do not have any proof for these fictitious gods. These are just their conjectures and are just their conjectures and whims. It is said, ‘Whoever invokes any besides God, having no proof thereof, will have his reckoning with his Lord; verily the disbelievers shall never succeed.”

The point to note is that the punishments for the idolaters has not been mentioned instead it says that they will be answerable to God. This is a great warning and threat because an almighty entity is going to their account. It is therefore clear, that their end will be very bad.

The words “ He has no proof” makes it clear that polytheism actual is not backed by either intellectual or discerned proofs; it is not according to nature nor is it based on intellect and logic and its futility becomes clearer the more you ponder on it.

“ Surely the disbelievers will not be successful” has a vast meaning for it denotes that the disbelievers will not be successful in this world or in the hereafter and this can be seen in the common day to day examples in society.