سورة الشعراء، الآية ١٨٦
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ ١٨٦
wamā anta illā basharun mith'lunā wa-in naẓunnuka lamina l-kādhibīna
You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars.
Verse 186 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:186), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 375 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
80 recitations by 74 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
“You are only a human like us and have no privilege over us, so how could you be a Messenger? I think of you only to be a liar in your claim to be a Messenger.”
You are only a human being like us, and we think you are nothing but a liar.
"You are but a human being like us and verily, we think that you are one of the liars!
Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.
"Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think thou art a liar!
And you are naught but a mortal like ourselves, and we know you to be certainly of the liars.
And in no way are you (anything) except a mortal, like us, and decidedly we surmise that you are indeed one of the liars.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."
