وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakūassociate partners (with Allah)
لَوْlawIf
شَآءَshāaAllah (had) willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (had) willed
مَاmānot
عَبَدْنَاʿabadnāwe (would) have worshipped
مِنminother than Him
دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Him
مِنminany
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
نَّحْنُnaḥnuwe
وَلَآwalāand not
ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers
وَلَاwalāand not
حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāwe (would) have forbidden
مِنminother than Him
دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Him
مِنminanything
شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayinanything
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
فَعَلَfaʿaladid
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihim(were) before them
فَهَلْfahalThen is (there)
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe messengers
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuthe conveyance
ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclear
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?
اور مشرک کہتے ہیں کہ اگر خدا چاہتا تو نہ ہم ہی اس کے سوا کسی چیز کو پوجتے اور نہ ہمارے بڑے ہی (پوجتے) اور نہ اس کے (فرمان کے) بغیر ہم کسی چیز کو حرام ٹھہراتے۔ (اے پیغمبر) اسی طرح ان سے اگلے لوگوں نے کیا تھا۔ تو پیغمبروں کے ذمے (خدا کے احکام کو) کھول کر سنا دینے کے سوا اور کچھ نہیں