They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?" If we did send down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respite would be granted them.

Say: "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do I know what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I but follow what is revealed to me." Say: "can the blind be held equal to the seeing?" Will ye then consider not?

Perchance thou mayest (feel the inclination) to give up a part of what is revealed unto thee, and thy heart feeleth straitened lest they say, "Why is not a treasure sent down unto him, or why does not an angel come down with him?" But thou art there only to warn! It is Allah that arrangeth all affairs!

"I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do I know what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say, of those whom your eyes do despise that Allah will not grant them (all) that is good: Allah knoweth best what is in their souls: I should, if I did, indeed be a wrong-doer."

When she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them and prepared a banquet for them: she gave each of them a knife: and she said (to Joseph), "Come out before them." When they saw him, they did extol him, and (in their amazement) cut their hands: they said, "Allah preserve us! no mortal is this! this is none other than a noble angel!"

And they say: "What sort of a messenger is this, who eats food, and walks through the streets? Why has not an angel been sent down to him to give admonition with him?

他们说：“为什么没有一个天神降临他呢？”假若我降下一个天神，那末，他们的毁灭，必成定案，而他们不蒙宽待了。

你说：“我不对你们说：我有真主的一切宝藏。我也不对你们说：我能知幽玄。我也不对你们说：我是一个天神。我只是遵从我所受的启示。”你说：“无眼的人与有眼的人是不是相等的？难道你们不该想想吗？”

你或许不肯传达你所受的部分启示，而且因之而烦闷，因为恐怕他们说：“为什么，或有一个天神与他一道来临呢？”你只是一个警告者，真主是监护万物的。

我不对你们说我有真主的宝藏，也不说我知道幽玄，也不说我确是一个天神，也不说你们所藐视的人，真主绝不赏赐他们任何福利--真主是知道他们的事情的--否则，我必是一个不义的人。”

她听到了她们狡猾的流言蜚语，就派人去把她们邀请来，并为她们预备了一桌席，发给她们每人一把小刀，她（对优素福）说：“你出去见见她们吧。”当她们看见他的时候，她们赞扬了他，（她们都被迷住了），以致餐刀割伤了自己的手。她们说：“啊呀！这不是一个凡夫，而是一位高洁的天神。”

他们说：“这个使者怎么也吃饭，也往来于市场之间呢？ 为何真主不派一个天神降临他，而与他同为警告者，