But the idolaters say: "If God had so willed we would not have associated (others with Him), nor would have our fathers, nor would we have forbidden any thing." So had others denied before them, and had to taste Our punishment in the end. Ask them: "Have you any knowledge? Then display it. You follow nothing but conjecture, and are nothing but liars."
كسانى كه شرك آوردند به زودى خواهند گفت: «اگر خدا مى‌خواست، نه ما و نه پدرانمان شرك نمى‌آورديم، و چيزى را [خودسرانه‌] تحريم نمى‌كرديم.» كسانى هم كه پيش از آنان بودند، همين گونه [پيامبران خود را] تكذيب كردند، تا عقوبت ما را چشيدند. بگو: «آيا نزد شما دانشى هست كه آن را براى ما آشكار كنيد؟ شما جز از گمان پيروى نمى‌كنيد، و جز دروغ نمى‌گوييد.»