Tafsir of An-Najm 53:26

"And how many an angel..."

This means: The matter of intercession is restricted. Even with the angels' proximity, their high status, their vast numbers, and the heavens being crowded with their multitudes, if they were all to intercede for someone, their intercession would not avail him in the slightest, nor would it benefit him at all.

This holds true unless they intercede only after Allah has granted them permission to intercede for whomever He wills and is pleased with, and whom He deems worthy of intercession. How, then, could the idols intercede with Him for those who worship them?

"Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels with the names of females. And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow only assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. So turn away from him who turns his back on Our Reminder and desires not except the life of this world. That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided."