Surah Al-An'am 6:9

سُورَةُ الأَنۡعَامِ · Meccan · Verse 9 of 165

وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَٰهُ مَلَكًۭا لَّجَعَلْنَٰهُ رَجُلًۭا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ

Translation

Indeed, if We had sent an angel as messenger, We would still have sent him in the form of a man, so increasing their confusion.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.

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