The Believers
23. Al-Mu’minūn
المؤمنون
al-Mu’minūn (The Faithful)
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون
23:24
فَقَالَ
الْمَلَأُ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
مِن
قَوْمِهِ
مَا
هَذَا
إِلَّا
بَشَرٌ
مِّثْلُكُمْ
يُرِيدُ
أَن
يَتَفَضَّلَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
وَلَوْ
شَاءَ
اللَّهُ
لَأَنزَلَ
مَلَائِكَةً
مَّا
سَمِعْنَا
بِهَذَا
فِي
آبَائِنَا
الْأَوَّلِينَ
fa-qāla l-malaʾu lladhīna kafarū min qawmihī mā hādhā ʾillā basharun mithlukum yurīdu ʾan yatafaḍḍala ʿalaykum wa-law shāʾa llāhu la-ʾanzala malāʾikatan mā samiʿnā bi-hādhā fī ʾābāʾinā l-ʾawwalīna
The chiefs of the unbelievers said to the others, "He is a mere mortal like you. He wants only to be superior to you. Had God wanted He would have sent the angels (instead of him). We have never heard from our fathers anything like what he says.
