and they who give associates say if allah had pleased we would not have served anything besides allah we nor our fathers nor would we have prohibited anything without him. thus did those before them is then aught incumbent upon the apostles except a plain delivery ?
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