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 ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
How to read it
Wa qāla -lladhīna 'ash'rakū law' shā'a -llahu mā ʻabad'nā min dūnihī min shay''in nnaḥ'nu walā 'ābā'unā walā ḥarram'nā min dūnihī min shay''in . kadhālika faʻala -lladhīna min qab'lihim' . fahal' ʻalā rrussuli 'illā l-balāghu l-mubīnu
The worshippers of false gods say: "If Allah had so willed, we should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His." So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of messengers but to preach the Clear Message?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
