مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓاْ إِذٗا مُّنظَرِينَ ٨
Mā nunazzilul-malāʾikata illā bil-ḥaqqi wa mā kānū idham munẓarīn.
We do not send down the angels except with truth;1 and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., with a message or, as the conclusion of the verse suggests, to carry out a promised punishment.