the idolaters say had allah willed neither we nor our fathers would have worshipped anything other than him nor would we have forbidden anything without him as such did those before them. yet what should messengers do but give a clear deliverance?
وقال الذين أشركوا لو شاء الله ما عبدنا من دونه من شيء نحن ولا آباؤنا ولا حرمنا من دونه من شيء كذلك فعل الذين من قبلهم فهل على الرسل إلا البلاغ المبين