So when they denied the Messenger being a human; after they made the deity a stone; He taught him their response; by saying (glorified and exalted is He): "Say"; to them: My Lord - glorified and exalted is He - said: "If there were"; meaning: a being firmly established; "in the earth"; which is the dwelling of humans; "angels walking"; upon it like humans; without flying like the angels to the heavens; "secure"; by taking it as their abode; as humans do; "We would have certainly sent down"; meaning: by virtue of our greatness; "upon them"; repeatedly; as we did in the sending down of Gabriel - peace be upon him - to the prophets from among humans; and He affirmed the matter by His saying (glorified and exalted is He): "from the heavens an angel as a Messenger"; for their ability to receive from him; due to their similarity to him; unlike humans; as is required by wisdom; because a Messenger from every kind should be one of them; for the thing is best understood by its kind; and it is more comforting to it; and it is more pleasing to it; and it is more familiar to it; except for one who has preferred himself and his intellect over his desires; so he has enabled himself thereby to receive from the angel.