Sura 6 Anam

The Quranic text and Ali’s version

وَلَوْ شَاء اللّهُ مَا أَشْرَكُواْ...

6: 107. If it had been Allah's Plan, they would not have taken false gods:

C935. Allah's Plan is to use the human will to co-operate in understanding Him and His relations to us. This is the answer to an objector who might say: "If He is All-powered, why does sin or evil exist in the world? Can He not destroy it?"

He can, but His Plan is different, and in any case it is not for a Teacher to force any one to accept the truths which he is inspired to preach and proclaim.

...وَمَا جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا وَمَا أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ ﴿١٠٧﴾

but We made thee not one to watch over their doings,

nor art thou set over them to dispose of their affairs.

Asad’s version

6: 107 Yet if God so willed, they would not have ascribed divinity to aught beisde Him; hence, We have not made thee their keeper, and neither are you responsible for their conduct.

[[Asad note 91: ……no mortal has it in his power to cause another person to believe unless God graces that person with His guidance.]