فَقَالَ الْمَلَُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن قَوْمِهِBut the chiefs of his people who disbelieved said:The chiefs or leaders of his people said:مَا هَذَا إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْHe is no more than a human being like you, he seeks to make himself superior to you.meaning, `he is putting himself above you and trying to make himself great by claiming to be a Prophet, but he is a human being like you, so how can he receive revelation when you do not!'وَلَوْ شَاء اللَّهُ لَاَنزَلَ مَلَيِكَةً. Had Allah willed, He surely could have sent down angels.meaning, `if Allah had wanted to send a Prophet, He would have sent an angel from Him, not a human being... مَّا سَمِعْنَا بِهَذَا فِي ابَايِنَا الاَْوَّلِينَNever did we hear such a thing among our fathers of old." We have never heard of such a thing -- i.e., sending a man to our forefathers' -- their predecessors in times past