[That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allāh." They said, "If our Lord had willed,1 He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers."
لَأَنزَلَsurely, He (would have) sent downla-anzala
مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗAngelsmalāikatan
فَإِنَّاSo indeed, wefa-innā
بِمَآin whatbimā
أُرۡسِلۡتُمyou have been sentur'sil'tum
بِهِۦwithbihi
كَٰفِرُونَ(are) disbelieverskāfirūna
Tafsir
When their messengers came to them, each following the other in bringing one message, instructing them to worship none other than Allah alone. The disbelievers said, “If our Lord wished to send down angels as messengers to us, He would have sent them. Therefore, we reject whatever you have been sent with, because you are humans like we are.”