النَّحْلِ

Surah An-Nahl, ayah 35

The Bee · Meccan · 128 ayahs

16:35

وَقَالَ الَّذٖینَ اَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِنْ دُونِهٖ مِنْ شَیْءٍ نَحْنُ وَلَٓا اٰبَٓاؤُ𐻾نَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ دُونِهٖ مِنْ شَیْءٍؕ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذٖینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ اِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبٖینُ

Waqala allatheena ashrakoo law shaa Allahu ma AAabadna min doonihi min shayin nahnu wala abaona wala harramna min doonihi min shayin kathalika faAAala allatheena min qablihim fahal AAala alrrusuli illa albalaghu almubeenu

Translations

And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah 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

Saheeh International

And the idolaters say: Had Allah willed, we had not worshipped aught beside Him, we and our fathers, nor had we forbidden aught without (command from) Him. Even so did those before them. Are the messengers charged with aught save plain conveyance (of the message)

Marmaduke Pickthall