15 Preface قالوا ما أَنتُم إِلّا بَشَرٌ مِثلُنا وَما أَنزَلَ الرَّحمٰنُ مِن شَيءٍ إِن أَنتُم إِلّا تَكذِبونَYusuf AliThe (people) said: “Ye are only men like ourselves;1 and (God) Most Gracious sends no sort of revelation:2 ye do nothing but lie.”Cf. Acts, 14:15, where Paul and Barnabas say, in the city of Lystra near the modern Konia, “We also are men with like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities...”They not only reject the mission of the particular messengers, but they deny the possibility of God’s sending such mission. Note how they convict themselves of inconsistency by using God’s name “Most Gracious”, even though they may mean it ironically!