Said the Council of the unbelievers of his people, 'This is naught but a mortal like yourselves, who desires to gain superiority over you. And if God willed, He would have sent down angels. We never heard of this among, our fathers, the ancients.
و اشراف قومش كه كافر بودند گفتند: «اين [مرد] جز بشرى چون شما نيست، مى‌خواهد بر شما برترى جويد، و اگر خدا مى‌خواست قطعاً فرشتگانى مى‌فرستاد. [ما]در ميان پدران نخستين خود، چنين [چيزى‌] نشنيده‌ايم.»