those who associate say if god had so willed we would not have worshipped anything besides him neither we nor our fathers nor would we have forbidden anything without his sanction. so did those who went before them. the duty of the messengers is only to convey the message clearly.
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