(Muhammad), tell them, "Had God wanted I would not have recited it (the Book) to you nor would I have told you anything about it. I lived among you for a whole life-time before it was revealed. Will you then not understand?
بگو: اگر خدا مى‌خواست آن را بر شما نمى‌خواندم و او شما را بدان آگاه نمى‌كرد، هر آينه عمرى- چهل سال- پيش از اين در ميان شما بوده‌ام- و چنين ادعايى نكردم- آيا خِرد را كار نمى‌بنديد؟