The worshippers of false gods say: "If Allah had so willed, we should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His." So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of messengers but to preach the Clear Message?
و كسانى كه شرك ورزيدند گفتند: «اگر خدا مى‌خواست -نه ما و نه پدرانمان- هيچ چيزى را غير از او نمى‌پرستيديم و بدون [حكم‌] او چيزى را حرام نمى‌شمرديم.» پيش از آنان [نيز] چنين رفتار كردند، و[لى‌] آيا جز ابلاغ آشكار بر پيامبران [وظيفه‌اى‌] است؟