The Ornaments of Gold
43. Az-Zukhruf
الزخرف
al-Zukhruf (Ornaments)
ٱلْزُّخْرُف
43:20
وَقَالُوا
لَوْ
شَاءَ
الرَّحْمَنُ
مَا
عَبَدْنَاهُم
مَّا
لَهُم
بِذَلِكَ
مِنْ
عِلْمٍ
إِنْ
هُمْ
إِلَّا
يَخْرُصُونَ
wa-qālū law shāʾa r-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum mā lahum bi-dhālika min ʿilmin ʾin hum ʾillā yakhruṣūna
The pagans say, "Had the Beneficent God wanted, we would not have worshipped them (idols)." Whatever they say is not based on knowledge. It is only a false conjecture.