Those who associate others with Allah in His divinity will now surely say: 'Had Allah willed, neither we nor our forefathers would have associated others with Allah in His divinity, nor would we have declared anything (which Allah did not forbid) as forbidden.' Even so those who had lived before them gave the lie (to the Truth) until they tasted Our chastisement. Tell them: 'Have you any sure knowledge that you can produce before us? In fact you are only following idle fancies, merely conjecturing.'
مشركان خواهند گفت: اگر خدا مى‌خواست، ما و پدرانمان مشرك نمى‌شديم و چيزى را حرام نمى‌كرديم. همچنين كسانى كه پيش از آنها بودند پيامبران را تكذيب كردند و خشم و عذاب ما را چشيدند. بگو: اگر شما را دانشى هست آن را براى ما آشكار سازيد. ولى شما، تنها، از گمان خويش پيروى مى‌كنيد و گزافه‌گويانى بيش نيستند.