The idolaters say: "If God had willed we would not have worshipped anything apart from Him, nor would our fathers have done, nor would we have forbidden any thing without His (leave)." So had the people done before them. Therefore it is binding on the prophets to convey the message in clearest terms.
مشركان گفتند: اگر خدا مى‌خواست، ما و پدرانمان هيچ چيز جز او را نمى‌پرستيديم و آنچه را حرام كرده‌ايم، حرام نمى‌كرديم. مردمى هم كه پيش از ايشان بودند چنين مى‌گفتند. آيا پيامبران را جز تبليغ روشنگر وظيفه ديگرى است؟