And they say, "Why was there not sent down to him an angel?"294 But if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been decided;295 then they would not be reprieved.
Notes
[294] In support of his prophethood (ﷺ).
[295] They would have been destroyed immediately with no chance for repentance.
Verse 8 of Surah Al-An’am (6:8), a Meccan surah, is in juz 7, on page 128 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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These disbelievers said, ‘We will believe if Allah sends down an angel with Muhammad (peace be upon him) who speaks to us and bears witness that he is a messenger’. If we send down an angel of the kind they wish, we will destroy them if they do not believe; and they will not be given time to repent.
They say: Why has no angel been sent down to him2? If We did send down an angel, the matter would have been decided and then they would not be given any respite.
Notes
[2] Testifying for his prophethood (ﷺ).
And they say: "Why has not an angel been sent down to him?" Had We sent down an angel, the matter would have been judged at once, and no respite would be granted to them.
They say: Why hath not an angel been sent down unto him? If We sent down an angel, then the matter would be judged; no further time would be allowed them (for reflection).
They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?" If we did send down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respite would be granted them.
And they say: Why has not an angel been sent down to him? And had We sent down an angel, the matter would have certainly been decided and then they would not have been respited.
And they said, "If only an Angel had been sent down on him!" And (yet), if We had sent down an Angel, the Command would indeed have been decreed; thereafter they would not be respited.
