ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون : ٢٤

  • فَقَالَ But said
  • ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ the chiefs
  • ٱلَّذِينَ (of) those who
  • كَفَرُواْ disbelieved
  • مِن among
  • قَوۡمِهِۦ his people
  • مَا This is not
  • هَٰذَآ This is not
  • إِلَّا but
  • بَشَرٞ a man
  • مِّثۡلُكُمۡ like you
  • يُرِيدُ he wishes
  • أَن to
  • يَتَفَضَّلَ assert (his) superiority
  • عَلَيۡكُمۡ over you
  • وَلَوۡ and if
  • شَآءَ Allah had willed
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah had willed
  • لَأَنزَلَ surely He (would have) sent down
  • مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗ Angels
  • مَّا Not
  • سَمِعۡنَا we heard
  • بِهَٰذَا of this
  • فِيٓ from
  • ءَابَآئِنَا our forefathers
  • ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ our forefathers
But the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "This is not but a man like yourselves who wishes to take precedence over you; and if Allāh had willed [to send a messenger], He would have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our forefathers.
But the council of his people, who disbelieved, said, to their followers, 'This is just a human being like you who desires to gain superiority, to have the honour, over you, by acquiring followers, you being [his] followers. And had God willed, that none other than Him be worshipped, He would have sent down angels, with that [Message], and not [assigned] a human being [for it]. We never heard of such, an affirmation of God's Oneness as that which Noah summons [us], among our forefathers, [among] past communities.