فَقَالَ

ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُواْ

مِن

قَوۡمِهِۦ

مَا

هَٰذَآ

إِلَّا

بَشَرٞ

مِّثۡلُكُمۡ

يُرِيدُ

أَن

يَتَفَضَّلَ

عَلَيۡكُمۡ

وَلَوۡ

شَآءَ

ٱللَّهُ

لَأَنزَلَ

مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗ

مَّا

سَمِعۡنَا

بِهَٰذَا

فِيٓ

ءَابَآئِنَا

ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

٢٤

But the disbelieving chiefs of his people said ˹to the masses˺, “This is only a human like you, who wants to be superior to you. Had Allah willed, He could have easily sent down angels ˹instead˺. We have never heard of this in ˹the history of˺ our forefathers.