وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ یَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللهَ مَا لَکُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـه غَیْرُهُ أَفَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ(( 23 ))
23- AND WE SENT NOAH TO HIS PEOPLE; AND HE SAID:ِ ``O, MY PEOPLE! WORSHIP ALLAH. YOU HAVE NO GOD OTHER THAN HIM. DO YOU NOT THEN TAKE CARE?
فَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مَا هَذَا إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُکُمْ یُرِیدُ أَنْ یَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَیْکُمْ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ لاََنزَلَ مَلاَئِکَةً مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَذَا فِى آبَائِنَا الاَْوَّلِینَ(( 24 ))
24- THEN THE CHIEFS OF THE UNBELIEVERS AMONG HIS PEOPLE SAID:ِ ``THIS IS NO MORE THAN A MAN LIKE YOURSELVES, WHO SEEKS TO HAVE SUPERIORITY OVER YOU. AND IF ALLAH WILLED, HE WOULD HAVE SENT DOWN ANGELS. WE HAVE NOT HEARD OF SUCH A THING AMONG OUR FATHERS OF OLD.''
إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا بِهِ حَتَّى حِین(( 25 ))
25- HE IS NOT EXCEPT A MAN WHO IS POSSESSED; (INFLUENCED BY EVIL SPIRITS) SO WAIT FOR HIM A WHILE.