the notables among noahs own people who had refused to follow him responded we merely consider you a human being like ourselves. nor do we find among those who follow you except the lowliest of our folk the men who follow you without any proper reason. we see nothing in you to suggest that you are any better than us. rather we believe you to be liars.
فقال الملأ الذين كفروا من قومه ما نراك إلا بشرا مثلنا وما نراك اتبعك إلا الذين هم أراذلنا بادي الرأي وما نرى لكم علينا من فضل بل نظنكم كاذبين