وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَٰهُ مَلَكًۭا لَّجَعَلْنَٰهُ رَجُلًۭا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ
Wa law ja'alnaahu malakal laja'alnaahu rajulanw wa lalabasnaa 'alaihim maa yalbisoon
And if We had made him an angel, We would have made him [appear as] a man, and We would have covered them with that in which they cover themselves.
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The Prophet ﷺ
6:9Ayah 1165
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And had We appointed him the one who is sent down to them an angel We would assuredly have made him the angel a man that is We would have sent him in the form of a man so that they would be able to see him since no human being is capable of seeing an angel; and had We sent him down and made him a man We would have assuredly confused obscured for them what they are confusing for themselves when they say ‘This is but a mere mortal like the rest of you’.
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