فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا نَرَىٰكَ إِلَّا بَشَرًۭا مِّثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَىٰكَ ٱتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِىَ ٱلرَّأْىِ وَمَا نَرَىٰ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۭ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَٰذِبِينَ
How to read it
Faqāla l-mala'u -lladhīna kafarū min qaw'mihī mā narāka 'illā basharan mmith'lanā wamā narāka (i)ttabaʻaka 'illā -lladhīna hum' 'arādhilunā bādiya rra''yi wamā narā lakum' ʻalay'nā min faḍ'lin bal' naẓunnukum' kādhibīna
But the chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "We see (in) thee nothing but a man like ourselves: Nor do we see that any follow thee but the meanest among us, in judgment immature: Nor do we see in you (all) any merit above us: in fact we thing ye are liars!"
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
