Surah Al-Nahl (The Bees), Verse 35

وَقَالَ الَّذِیْنَ اَشْرَكُوْا لَوْ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ شَیْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَاۤ اٰبَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ شَیْءٍ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَهَلْ عَلَی الرُّسُلِ اِلَّا الْبَلٰغُ الْمُبِیْنُ ۟

Wa qaalal lazeena ashrakoo law shaaa'al laahu ma 'abadnaa min doonihee min shai'in nahnu wa laaa aabaaa'unaa wa laa harramnaa min doonihee min shai'; kazaalika fa'alal lazeena min qablihim fahal 'alar Rusuli illal balaaghul mubeen

“The worshippers of false gods say: "If Allah had so willed, we should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His." So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of messengers but to preach the Clear Message?”

Quran 16:35 (Yusuf Ali Translation)