سَيَقُولُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أَشْرَكُوا۟
لَوْ
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
مَآ
أَشْرَكْنَا
وَلَآ
ءَابَآؤُنَا
وَلَا
حَرَّمْنَا
مِن
شَىْءٍۢ ۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
كَذَّبَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِمْ
حَتَّىٰ
ذَاقُوا۟
بَأْسَنَا ۗ
قُلْ
هَلْ
عِندَكُم
مِّنْ
عِلْمٍۢ
فَتُخْرِجُوهُ
لَنَآ ۖ
إِن
تَتَّبِعُونَ
إِلَّا
ٱلظَّنَّ
وَإِنْ
أَنتُمْ
إِلَّا
تَخْرُصُونَ
١٤٨
The idolaters will say, ‘If God had willed, we would not have ascribed partners to Him- nor would our fathers- or have declared anything forbidden.’ In the same way, those before them continually denied [the truth] until they tasted Our punishment. Say, ‘Have you any knowledge that you can show us? You follow only supposition and tell only lies.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem