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qālū mā ʾantum ʾillā basharun mithlunā wa-mā ʾanzala r-raḥmānu min shayʾin ʾin ʾantum ʾillā takdhibūna
They said, ‘You are no other than human beings like us, and the All-beneficent has not sent down anything, and you are only lying.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Ya-Sin - Verses 15-17
15. “They said: ‘You are not but men like unto us, nor has the Beneficent (Allah) sent down anything. You are speaking only lies’.”
16. “They (the messengers) said: ‘Our Lord knows that we have been sent to you.”
17. “And our duty is only to deliver the clear Message’.”
Now we deal with the reaction of those aberrant people in the face of the invitation of those Divine messengers. The Holy Qur’an implies that they expressed the same pretext that many disobedient unbelievers had formerly stated against the Divine prophets. The verse says:
Had it been decided that a messenger came from the side of Allah, he should be a near-stationed angel, not a mortal like us. They considered this very thing as a proof for rejecting the messengers and the denial of the descent of the command of Allah. They said this while they themselves might also know that all the Divine messengers in the length of history were from the generation of Adam including Abraham (as), whom all knew as a prophet, surely were human beings. Moreover, can anything ever understand the men’s needs, difficulties and pains save a human being?
That why the significant attribute of Allah’s mercifulness is emphasized on, it may be from this point that, by narrating their statement, because: how is it possible for Allah, Whose general Mercy has been spread throughout the world, He does not send some messengers for training people and for inviting human beings to rectitude and development? However, these prophets were not hopeless from the severe opposition of that misguided people and did not let any weakness and debility come to them.
Their answer to them was as follows:
Certainly the messengers of Allah did not suffice to mere claiming, and to only oath, but, as it is understood from the Qur’anic sentence /balaq un mubin/ (the clear Message), they showed some miracles and proofs from themselves, else their message, as an expansion of the Clear Message, must be in such a manner that it conveys the reality to all, and this is not possible but by the help of some firm proofs and clear godly miracles. Some Islamic narrations indicate that, like Jesus (as), by the leave of Allah, they cured some irrecoverable patients.