23ثُمَّ لَم تَكُن فِتنَتُهُم إِلّا أَن قالوا وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنا ما كُنّا مُشرِكينَMuhammad AliThen their excuse would be nothing but that they would say: By Allah, our Lord! we were not polytheists.