۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا
How to read it
waqāla -lladhīna lā yar'jūna liqā'anā law'lā 'unzila ʻalay'nā l-malā'ikatu 'aw' narā rabbanā . laqadi (i)s'tak'barū fī 'anfussihim' waʻataw' ʻutuwan kabīran
Such as fear not the meeting with Us (for Judgment) say: "Why are not the angels sent down to us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?" Indeed they have an arrogant conceit of themselves, and mighty is the insolence of their impiety!
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

