and those who join others in worship with allah say if allah had so willed neither we nor our fathers would have worshipped aught but him nor would we have forbidden anything without him. so did those before them. then! are the messengers charged with anything but to convey clearly 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