16:35
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أَشْرَكُوا۟
لَوْ
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
مَا
عَبَدْنَا
مِن
دُونِهِۦ
مِن
شَىْءٍۢ
نَّحْنُ
وَلَآ
ءَابَآؤُنَا
وَلَا
حَرَّمْنَا
مِن
دُونِهِۦ
مِن
شَىْءٍۢ ۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
فَعَلَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ
فَهَلْ
عَلَى
ٱلرُّسُلِ
إِلَّا
ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ
ٱلْمُبِينُ
٣٥
Those who worshipped others alongside God say, ‘If God had willed, we would not have worshipped anything but Him, nor would our fathers. We would not have declared anything forbidden without His sanction.’ Those before them said the same. Are the messengers obliged to do anything other than deliver [their message] clearly?
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem