The idolaters say: 'Had Allah willed, neither we nor our fathers would have worshipped anything other than Him, nor would we have forbidden anything without Him', as such did those before them. Yet what should Messengers do but give a clear deliverance?
و كسانى كه شرك آوردند گفتند: اگر خدا مى‌خواست جز او هيچ چيز نمى‌پرستيديم، نه ما و نه پدران ما، و بى [خواست و فرمان‌] او هيچ چيز را حرام نمى‌كرديم. كسانى كه پيش از آنها بودند نيز چنين كردند. پس آيا بر پيامبران جز رساندن پيام روشن و آشكار [تكليفى‌] هست؟