Nahl 35:

•  Bir de Allah(cc)'a şirk koşanlar :' Eğer Allah(cc) dileseydi, ne biz ne de atalarımız, O'ndan başka hiç bir şeye kulluk etmez, hem de O'ndan başkasının sözüyle hiç bir şeyi haram kılmazdık' diyorlar. Onlardan öncekiler de böyle davranmıştılar. Bu durumda, elçilere düşen apaçık tebliğden başka nedir?
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  That is, "Your argument" is not a new one but the same old one which had always been offered by erroneous people who went before you. Today you arc, like them, excusing yourselves for your deviation and evil conduct, saying that it is the will of God. You know that this is a lame excuse that has been invented to delude yourselves, and to escape from admonition."
  
  This answer also contains a subtle retort to the objection of the disbelievers that the Qur'an consisted merely of old stories of the ancients (v. 24). They meant to imply that the Prophet had nothing new to offer. So he was repeating the same old stories that had been repeated over and over again since the time of Prophet Noah. The retort is this: "If the Holy Prophet was not presenting anything new but was reciting the old stories of the ancients, you yourselves are not putting forward any new excuse in defense of your evil deeds, but the same old excuse that was put forward by the people who went before you.".ET
  
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