The idolaters will say, 'Had God willed, we would not have been idolaters, neither our fathers, nor would we have forbidden aught.' Even so the people before them cried lies until they tasted Our might. Say: 'Have you any knowledge, for you to bring forth for us? You follow only surmise, merely conjecturing.'
مشركان خواهند گفت: اگر خدا مى‌خواست، نه ما و نه پدران ما شرك نمى‌آورديم و چيزى را تحريم نمى‌كرديم. پيشينيان آنها نيز همين گونه تكذيب كردند، تا آن كه عذاب ما را چشيدند. بگو: آيا نزد شما دانشى هست كه آن را براى ما آشكار كنيد؟ [ولى حق اين است كه‌] شما