Then they indicated the absolute unsuitability of humanity for it, even if they were the most rational of people and the furthest from calamity, by their saying. They connected it with the conjunction 'and' as an indication of its deep-rootedness in what they described regarding magic and sorcery. They claimed that there is no difference between him and them: "And you are only a human like us". So there is no reason for your being specified from us by that. The evidence that the conjunction is more emphatic than following it without a conjunction is their firm belief in the falsehood of his words when they said: "And if" meaning: "And we" "we think you are among the liars". This refers to those who are deeply entrenched in lying. This is the view of the Basri scholars that 'if' is a light form of the heavy one. What the context necessitates here is the preference for the view of the Kufan scholars that 'if' is negating. For they intended by affirming the 'and' in "And you are" to emphasize the negation of his being sent by the multitude of 'what' that negates it. Thus, their intent is that there is no belief directed towards anything other than lying, which is more emphatic than affirming the belief in him. This is supported by their attributing to him the question as mockery of him and an attempt to incapacitate him regarding the punishment, contrary to what was previously mentioned about the people of Salih, peace be upon him, when they said.