Surat Al-Furqan Verse No. 7: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 7 from Surah Al-Furqan : Number of verses 77 - - page 360 - Part 18.
﴾وَقَالُواْ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأۡكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشِي فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مَلَكٞ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا ﴿
[ الفرقان: 7]
And they say: "Why does this Messenger (Muhammad SAW) eat food, and walk about in the markets (like ourselves). Why is not an angel sent down to him to be a warner with him?
English - Sahih International
And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(25:7) They say, "What sort of a Messenger is he that he eats food and moves about in the streets? *14 Why has not an angel been sent down to accompany him and threaten (the disbelievers)? *15
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*14) That is, "He cannot be a Messenger of AIIah because he is a human being like us. Had Allah willed to send a Messenger, He would have sent an angel, and f at aII a human being was to be sent, he should have been a king or a millionaire, who would have resided in a castle and been guarded by attendants. A Messenger could not be an ordinary person who has to move about in the market places like the common people, for it is obvious that such a human Messenger cannot attract the attention of the people. In other words, they thought that a Messenger was not meant to guide the people to the right path but to coerce them to obedience by show of worldly power and grandeur. For further details, see E.N. 26 of AI-Mu'minun.
*15) That is, "If a human being was to be sent as a Messenger, an angel should have been appointed to accompany him to proclaim: `If you do not believe in him, 1 will scourge you." But what son of a Messenger is he, who has to suffer from abuse and persecution?"