وَقَالَ And said ٱلَّذِينَ those who أَشْرَكُوا۟ associate partners (with Allah) لَوْ If شَآءَ Allah (had) willed ٱللَّهُ Allah (had) willed مَا not عَبَدْنَا we (would) have worshipped مِن other than Him دُونِهِۦ other than Him مِن any شَىْءٍۢ thing نَّحْنُ we وَلَآ and not ءَابَآؤُنَا our forefathers وَلَا and not حَرَّمْنَا we (would) have forbidden مِن other than Him دُونِهِۦ other than Him مِن anything شَىْءٍۢ ۚ anything كَذَٰلِكَ Thus فَعَلَ did ٱلَّذِينَ those who مِن (were) before them قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ (were) before them فَهَلْ Then is (there) عَلَى on ٱلرُّسُلِ the messengers إِلَّا except ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ the conveyance ٱلْمُبِينُ clear ٣٥
And those who associate others with Allāh say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?
— Come To Light