Surat Az-Zukhruf Verse No. 53: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 53 from Surah Az-Zukhruf : Number of verses 89 - - page 493 - Part 25.
﴾فَلَوۡلَآ أُلۡقِيَ عَلَيۡهِ أَسۡوِرَةٞ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوۡ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مُقۡتَرِنِينَ ﴿
[ الزخرف: 53]
"Why then are not golden bracelets bestowed on him, or angels sent along with him?"
English - Sahih International
Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(43:53) Why were bracelets of gold not bestowed upon him? Why did a retinue of angels not accompany him as attendants?' *49
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*49) In the ancient times when a person was appointed to be governor of a land or sent as an ambassador to a foreign country, a robe of honor was conferred on him by the king, which also included bracelets of gold, and he was also accompanied by a contingent of soldiers and servants for over-awing the people and for showing the glory and grandeur of the king who had appointed him. What Pharaoh meant to say was: "If the King of the heavens had really sent Moses (peace be upon him) as His ambassador to His counterpart on the earth, he should have been dressed in a robe of honor and come with several contingents of angels in attendance. How strange that a poor man should appear with a staff in his hand and say that he was the messenger of the Lord of the worlds!"