the polytheists say had allah wished we would not have worshiped anything besides him—neither we nor our fathers—nor we would have forbidden anything without his sanction. those who were before them had acted likewise. is the apostles duty anything but to communicate in clear terms?
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