And We have explained unto men in this Ḳur-án every kind of parable,[96] but the greater number of men have refused [all else] save unbelief,
And have said, ‘We will by no means believe in thee until thou cause a fountain to gush forth for us from the earth,
Or thou have a garden of palm-trees and grapes, and thou cause rivers to spring forth in the midst thereof in abundance,
Or thou cause heaven to fall down upon us, as thou hast pretended, in pieces, or thou bring God and the angels before us,
Or thou have a house of gold, or thou ascend into heaven, and we will not believe thy ascending until thou cause a book to descend unto us which we may read.’ Say, Extolled be the perfection of my Lord! Am I [aught] save a man, [sent] as a Messenger?
And nothing hath hindered men from believing when the direction hath come unto them, but their saying, ‘Hath God sent a man as a Messenger?’[97]
Say, If there were upon the earth angels walking at ease,[98] We had sent down unto them from heaven an angel as a Messenger.[99]
Say, God is a sufficient witness between me and you: for He knoweth and seeth His servants.
(xvii. 90-98.)