and the polytheists said had allah willed we would not have worshipped anything besides him – neither we nor our forefathers – and nor would we have forbidden anything whilst being disassociated with him those before them did exactly this so what is upon the noble messengers except to plainly convey ?
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