"Say, 'If there were upon the earth angels walking in peace'"—meaning: the land has become settled with them, so it is their dwelling place—"'We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a messenger.'" But it contains human beings;
﴿قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ فِي الأَرْضِ مَلَائِكَة يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنين﴾ أَيْ: قَدِ اطْمَأَنَّتْ بِهِمُ الدَّارُ فَهِي مَسْكَنُهُمْ ﴿لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاء ملكا رَسُولا﴾ وَلَكِنْ فِيهَا بِشْرٌ؛