17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 94

And what stopped the people from believing when the guidance came to them, except that they said: "Has God sent a human messenger"

Yet whenever Guidance came to people, nothing has ever kept them from believing as much as this objection, "Would Allah send a mortal man as His Messenger?"

And there prevented men from believing when the guidance came to them only that they said: “Has God raised up a mortal as messenger?”

And what stopped the people from believing when the guidance came to them, except that they said: "Has God sent a human messenger?"

Nothing stopped the people from acknowledging when the guidance came to them, except they said, "Has God sent a human messenger?"

Nothing prevents people from having iman when guidance comes to them but the fact that they say, ‘Has Allah sent a human being as Messenger?’

What prevented the people from believing when the guidance came to them is their saying, "Did GOD send a human being as a messenger?"

Nothing prevented men from believing when guidance came to them, other than (what) they said: "Has God sent (only) a man as messenger?"

And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allah sent a human messenger?"

Yet whenever [God's] guidance came to them [through a prophet, ] nothing has ever kept people from believing [in him] save this their objection: "Would God have sent a [mere] mortal man as His apostle?"

And naught prevented mankind from believing when the guidance came unto them save that they said: Hath Allah sent a mortal as (His) messenger?

In effect nothing holds back the people and hinder them from conforming to Islam as ordained by Allah despite sending Messengers to guide them but their presumption upon Providence. "Is it conceivable", they say, "That Allah sends to the people a human Messenger!"

What prevented the people from believing (when the Lord’s guidance reached them) is their questioning the fact that God has chosen a human being as His Messenger.

And nothing prevented men from believing when the guidance came to them, except that they said: "Has Allâh sent a man as (His) Messenger?"

What kept men back from belief when Guidance came to them, was nothing but this: they said, "Has Allah sent a man (like us) to be (His) Messenger?"

And nothing has prevented people from believing when guidance comes to them except their protest: "Has Allah sent a human as a messenger?"

Nothing prevented people from believing, when guidance came to them, except that they said, "Has Allah sent a man as a messenger?"

The only thing that kept these people from believing, when guidance came to them, was that they said, ‘How could God have sent a human being as a messenger?’

And naught prevented men from believing when the guidance came to them, but that they said, 'Has God sent forth a mortal as Messenger?'

Naught prohibited men from believing when the guidance came to them, save their saying, 'God has sent a mortal for an apostle. '

Naught prevents men from believing when the guidance came to them, save their saying, "Has Allah sent a mortal for a messenger?"

And nothing (whatever) prevented mankind from believing (i. e., made them not to believe) as the guidance came to them, except that they said, "Has Allah sent forth a mortal as Messenger?"

And nothing hindreth men from believing, when a direction is come unto them, except that they say, hath God sent a man for his apostle?

What kept men away from belief when Guidance came to them, was nothing but this: They said, "Has Allah sent (only) a man to be (His) messenger?"

And nothing has prevented the people from believing when the guidance came to them except their sayings, `Has Allâh raised a human being (like us) as a Messenger?'

Nothing kept the people from believing when guidance came to them, but their saying, ‘Has Allah sent a human as an apostle?!’