So the disbelieving chieftains of his people said, “He is just a human like you, he wishes to become your leader; and had Allah willed, He would have sent down angels; We did not hear this in the case of our forefathers.”
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.»