سورة الاٴنعَام
Surah Al-An‘âm 6:9
The Cattle · Verse 9 of 165
وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ مَلَكًا لَجَعَلْنَاهُ رَجُلًا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا يَلْبِسُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And had We appointed him (-this Messenger) from among the angels. We would surely have made him (appear as) a man and (even in that case) We would have obscured that which they are themselves obscuring now.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If We had made it an angel, We should have sent him as a man, and We should certainly have caused them confusion in a matter which they have already covered with confusion.
Ahmed Ali
Even if We had sent down an angel as messenger he would have appeared in the garb of a man and filled them with confusion, like the one they are filled with.
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Ali Unal
Had We appointed an angel (as Our Messenger) We would surely have made him (since he would have to guide humankind in all aspects of life, in the form of) a man, and thus We would have confused for them what they themselves are confusing.
Daryabadi
And had We made him an angel, We would still have made him a man, and We would have confounded for them that which they are confounding.
Faridul Haque
And had we appointed an angel as a Prophet, We would still have made him as a man and would keep them in the same doubt, as they are now in.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And if We had made him an angel, We would certainly have made him a man, and (thus) made confused to them what they confuse.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And if WE had appointed as Messenger an angel, WE would have made him appear as a man; and thus WE would have caused to be confused to them that which they are themselves confusing.
Muhammad Asad
And (even] if We had appointed an angel as Our message-bearer, We would certainly have made him [appear as] a man - and thus We would only have confused them in the same way as they are now confusing themselves.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And had We appointed him an angel, We indeed would have made him a man, and We would have certainly caused them confusion in a matter which they have already covered with confusion (i.e. the Message of Prophet Muhammad SAW).
Muhammad Pickthall
Had we appointed him (Our messenger) an angel, We assuredly had made him (as) a man (that he might speak to men); and (thus) obscured for them (the truth) they (now) obscure.
Muhammad Sarwar
Were We to have made him (Our Messenger) an angel, We would have made him resemble a human being and they would have again complained that the matter was as confusing to them as it is to them now.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And if We had made him angel, We would certainly have made him a man, and We would certainly have made confused to them what they make confused.
Rashad Khalifa
Had we sent an angel, we would have sent him in the form of a man, and we would have kept them just as confused as they are confused now.
Shabbir Ahmed
And even if We sent an angel, We would certainly have made him in the form of a man. And We (per our law) would have kept them just as confused as they are confused now.