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وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَلَكًا لَّجَعَلْنَـٰهُ رَجُلًا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ

Walaw jaAAaln a hu malakan lajaAAaln a hu rajulan walalabasn a AAalayhim m a yalbisoon a

And [even] if We had appointed an angel as Our message-bearer,⁷ 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.⁸

- Mohammad Asad

and if We had sent an angel, We would have certainly send him in a human form and thus involved them in the same confusion as they are in at this time.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And if We had sent an angel, We would have certainly made it 'assume the form of' a man- leaving them more confused than they already are.

- Mustafa Khattab

Had We appointed an angel (Our messenger), We assuredly had made him (as) a man (that he might speak to men); and (thus) obscured for them (the truth) they (now) obscure.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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. ⁸⁴²

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And [even] if We had appointed an angel as Our message-bearer,⁷ 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.⁸

- Mohammad Asad

and if We had sent an angel, We would have certainly send him in a human form and thus involved them in the same confusion as they are in at this time.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And if We had sent an angel, We would have certainly made it 'assume the form of' a man- leaving them more confused than they already are.

- Mustafa Khattab

Had We appointed an angel (Our messenger), We assuredly had made him (as) a man (that he might speak to men); and (thus) obscured for them (the truth) they (now) obscure.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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. ⁸⁴²

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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And [even] if We had appointed an angel as Our message-bearer,7 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.8

- Mohammad Asad

and if We had sent an angel, We would have certainly send him in a human form and thus involved them in the same confusion as they are in at this time.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And if We had sent an angel, We would have certainly made it 'assume the form of' a man- leaving them more confused than they already are.

- Mustafa Khattab

Had We appointed an angel (Our messenger), We assuredly had made him (as) a man (that he might speak to men); and (thus) obscured for them (the truth) they (now) obscure.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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. 842

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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And [even] if We had appointed an angel as Our message-bearer,⁷ 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.⁸

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. ⁸⁴²