but the great ones among his people who refused to acknowledge the truth replied this is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who wants to make himself superior to you! for if god had willed he would surely have sent down angels we have never heard this from our forebears of old!
فقال الملأ الذين كفروا من قومه ما هذا إلا بشر مثلكم يريد أن يتفضل عليكم ولو شاء الله لأنزل ملائكة ما سمعنا بهذا في آبائنا الأولين