Al-Isra 17:95 قل لو كان في الارض ملايكة يمشون مطمينين لنزلنا عليهم من السماء ملكا رسولا ٩٥
قُل
لَّوۡ
كَانَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
مَلَٰٓئِكَةٞ
يَمۡشُونَ
مُطۡمَئِنِّينَ
لَنَزَّلۡنَا
عَلَيۡهِم
مِّنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
مَلَكٗا
رَّسُولٗا
٩٥
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Had there been angels walking the earth, well settled, We would have surely sent down for them an angel from heaven as a messenger.”
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The refusal of the Idolators to believe because the Messenger was a Human -- and its refutation
وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ
(And nothing prevented men) means, most of them,
أَن يُؤْمِنُواْ
(from believing) and following the Messengers, except the fact that they found it strange that human beings would be sent
…The refusal of the Idolators to believe because the Messenger was a Human -- and its refutation
وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ
(And nothing prevented men) means,
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