“Had we sent down unto thee (muhammad) (actual) writing upon parchment, so that they could feel it with their hands, those who disbelieve would have said: this is naught else than mere magic(7)they say: why hath not an angel been sent down unto him? if we sent down an angel, then the matter would be judged; no further time would be allowed them (for reflection)(8)had we appointed him (our messenger) an angel, we assuredly had made him (as) a man (that he might speak to men); and (thus) obscured for them (the truth) they (now) obscure(9)”