The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام
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سَيَقُولُ
الَّذِينَ
أَشْرَكُوا
لَوْ
شَاءَ
اللَّهُ
مَا
أَشْرَكْنَا
وَلَا
آبَاؤُنَا
وَلَا
حَرَّمْنَا
مِن
شَيْءٍ
كَذَلِكَ
كَذَّبَ
الَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِمْ
حَتَّى
ذَاقُوا
بَأْسَنَا
قُلْ
هَلْ
عِندَكُم
مِّنْ
عِلْمٍ
فَتُخْرِجُوهُ
لَنَا
إِن
تَتَّبِعُونَ
إِلَّا
الظَّنَّ
وَإِنْ
أَنتُمْ
إِلَّا
تَخْرُصُونَ
sa-yaqūlu lladhīna ʾashrakū law shāʾa llāhu mā ʾashraknā wa-lā ʾābāʾunā wa-lā ḥarramnā min shayʾin ka-dhālika kadhdhaba lladhīna min qablihim ḥattā dhāqū baʾsanā qul hal ʿindakum min ʿilmin fa-tukhrijūhu lanā ʾin tattabiʿūna ʾillā ẓ-ẓanna wa-ʾin ʾantum ʾillā takhruṣūna
The polytheists will say, ‘Had Allah wished we would not have ascribed any partner [to Him], nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything.’ Those who were before them had denied likewise until they tasted Our punishment. Say, ‘Do you have any [revealed] knowledge that you can produce before us? You follow nothing but conjectures, and you do nothing but surmise.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Those who give partners (to Allah) will say: "If Allah had wished, we should not have given partners to Him nor would our fathers; nor should we have had any taboos." So did their ancestors argue falsely, until they tasted of Our wrath. Say: "Have ye any (certain) knowledge? If so, produce it before us. Ye follow nothing but conjecture: ye do nothing but lie."
