Surah 16 An-Nahl, ayah 35 (16:35)

Ayah 16:35

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ۝٣٥

Arabic transliteration · Source: TanzilWaqala 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

English · Saheeh InternationalAnd 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?

German · Bubenheim & ElyasDiejenigen, die (Allah etwas) beigesellen, sagen: "Wenn Allah gewollt hätte, hätten wir nichts anstatt Seiner gedient, weder wir noch unsere Vater, und wir (selbst) hätten anstatt Seiner nichts verboten." So handelten (auch) diejenigen, die vor ihnen waren. Obliegt denn den Gesandten etwas anderes als die deutliche Übermittlung (der Botschaft)?