those who associate others with allah in his divinity say were allah to will so neither we nor our forefathers would have worshipped any other than him nor would we have prohibited anything without his command. their predecessors proffered similar excuses. do the messengers have any other duty but to plainly convey the message?
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