وَقَالُوا لَوْ شَاءَ الرَّحْمَنُ مَا عَبَدْنَاهُمْ مَا لَهُمْ بِذَلِکَ مِنْ عِلْم إِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ یَخْرُصُونَ(( 20 ))
20- AND THEY SAID:- ``HAD THE MERCIFUL WILLED, WE WOULD NOT HAVE WORSHIPPED THEM.''
THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT, AND THEY ARE ONLY LYING.
أَمْ آتَیْنَاهُمْ کِتَاباً مِنْ قَبْلِهِ فَهُمْ بِهِ مُسْتَمْسِکُونَ(( 21 ))
21- HAVE WE BROUGHT TO THEM A BOOK BEFORE IT, TO WHICH THEY RESORT?
بَلْ قَالُوا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَى أُمَّة وَإِنَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ مُهْتَدُونَ(( 22 ))
22- THEY RATHER SAID:- ``WE HAVE FOUND OUR FATHERS BEING ON A CREED, AND BY THEIR TRACES WE ARE GUIDED.''