فَقَالَ
ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا۟
مِن
قَوْمِهِۦ
مَا
هَـٰذَآ
إِلَّا
بَشَرٌۭ
مِّثْلُكُمْ
يُرِيدُ
أَن
يَتَفَضَّلَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
وَلَوْ
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
لَأَنزَلَ
مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭ
مَّا
سَمِعْنَا
بِهَـٰذَا
فِىٓ
ءَابَآئِنَا
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
٢٤
But the leading disbelievers among his people said, ‘He is merely a mortal like you, trying to gain some superiority over you. God would have sent down angels if He had wished; besides, we never heard of anything like this from our forefathers.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem