Those who associated with Allah will say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have associated [anything] and neither would our fathers, nor would we have prohibited anything." Likewise did those before deny until they tasted Our punishment. Say, "Do you have any knowledge that you can produce for us? You follow not except assumption, and you are not but falsifying."
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.»