لَو ما تَأتينا بِالمَلائِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصّادِقينَ

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

ما نُنَزِّلُ المَلائِكَةَ إِلّا بِالحَقِّ وَما كانوا إِذًا مُنظَرينَ

We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved.

إِنّا نَحنُ نَزَّلنَا الذِّكرَ وَإِنّا لَهُ لَحافِظونَ

Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian.

وَلَقَد أَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ في شِيَعِ الأَوَّلينَ

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

وَما يَأتيهِم مِن رَسولٍ إِلّا كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَ

And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.

لا يُؤمِنونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَد خَلَت سُنَّةُ الأَوَّلينَ

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

وَلَو فَتَحنا عَلَيهِم بابًا مِنَ السَّماءِ فَظَلّوا فيهِ يَعرُجونَ

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

لَقالوا إِنَّما سُكِّرَت أَبصارُنا بَل نَحنُ قَومٌ مَسحورونَ

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

وَلَقَد جَعَلنا فِي السَّماءِ بُروجًا وَزَيَّنّاها لِلنّاظِرينَ

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

وَحَفِظناها مِن كُلِّ شَيطانٍ رَجيمٍ

And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allah]