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Surah 25. Al-Furqan, Ayah 7

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وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَـٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا

Waq a loo m a li h atha a l rrasooli yakulu a l tt aAA a ma wayamshee fee alasw a qi lawl a onzila ilayhi malakun fayakoona maAAahu na th eer a n

Yet they say: "What sort of apostle is this [man] who eats food [like all other mortals] and goes about in the market-places? Why has not an angel [visibly] been sent down unto him, to act as a warner together with him?"

- Mohammad Asad

And they say: "What sort of Rasool is he who eats food and walks through the streets? Why has no angel been sent down with him to threaten the disbelievers?

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And they say 'mockingly', 'What kind of messenger is this who eats food and goes about in market-places 'for a living'? If only an angel had been sent down with him to be his co-warner,

- Mustafa Khattab

And they say: What aileth this messenger (of Allah) that he eateth food and walketh in the markets? Why is not an angel sent down unto him, to be a warner with him?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And they say: "What sort of an apostle is this who eats food and walks through the streets? Why has not an angel been sent down to him to give admonition with him? ³⁰⁶⁰

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali