But the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: This is only a mortal like you who would make himself superior to you. Had Allah willed, He surely could have sent down angels. We heard not of this in the case of our fathers of old.
مهتران قومش كه كافر بودند گفتند: اين جز آدميى همچون شما نيست كه مى‌خواهد بر شما فزونى و برترى جويد و اگر خداى مى‌خواست فرشتگانى را فرو مى‌فرستاد، ما اين را [كه نوح مى‌گويد] در ميان پدران پيشين خود نشنيده‌ايم