The chiefs of his people, who did not believe, said: "He is only a man like you. He wishes to acquire ascendancy over you. If God had willed He would have sent down angels. We never heard this from our elders.
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