And the polytheists said, “Had Allah willed, we would not have worshipped anything besides Him – neither we nor our forefathers – and nor would we have forbidden anything, whilst being disassociated with Him”; those before them did exactly this; so what is (incumbent) upon the Noble Messengers, except to plainly convey (the message)?
و كسانى كه شرك آوردند گفتند: اگر خدا مى‌خواست جز او هيچ چيز نمى‌پرستيديم، نه ما و نه پدران ما، و بى [خواست و فرمان‌] او هيچ چيز را حرام نمى‌كرديم. كسانى كه پيش از آنها بودند نيز چنين كردند. پس آيا بر پيامبران جز رساندن پيام روشن و آشكار [تكليفى‌] هست؟