Sura al-Naḥl 16:35

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّـهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

wa-qāla lladhīna ashrakū law shāʾa allāhu mā ʿabadnā min dūnihi min shayʾin nnaḥnu wa-lā ābāʾunā wa-lā ḥarramnā min dūnihi min shayʾin ka-dhālika faʿala lladhīna min qablihim fa-hal ʿalā l-rusuli illā l-balāghu l-mubīnu

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?