The polytheists will say, ‘Had Allah wished we would not have ascribed any partner [to Him], nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything.’ Those who were before them had denied likewise until they tasted Our punishment. Say, ‘Do you have any [revealed] knowledge that you can produce before us? You follow nothing but conjectures, and you do nothing but surmise.’
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