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?
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؟