and those who associate say had god willed we would not have worshipped aught beside him neither we nor our fathers nor we would have forbidden aught without him. likewise did those before them. naught is then on the apostles except a preaching plain.
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