Surat Al A`raf: (172-173)

{وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِن بَنِي آدَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتَ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُواْ بَلَى شَهِدْنَا أَن تَقُولُواْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَذَا غَافِلِينَ} [الأعراف: 172]

172- O Prophet, mention to the people that Allah gushed forth the offspring of Adam from their backs and made them testify against their selves that He is their Lord and King, and thus they all have been created on the pure monotheism and they bore witness to them. We did that so that you would not say on the Day of Recompense that we had never known faith and monotheism.

{أَوْ تَقُولُواْ إِنَّمَا أَشْرَكَ آبَاؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّن بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ} [الأعراف: 173]

173- Or do you say on the Day of Recompense: Verily, our fathers were the ones who showed polytheism and it was them who followed that way before us. We are their offspring and we found them doing that, so we followed and imitated them. Do you take this as an excuse to say: Do you punish and torture us by the fault of our fathers?! You have no right to take that as an excuse while Allah took the covenant from you for monotheism.