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or until you [come to] have a house adorned with gold, or ascend into the heaven, upon a ladder, and [even then] we will not believe your ascension, if you were to ascend into it, until you bring down for us, therefrom, a book, in which is [confirmed] your truthfulness, that we may read. Say, to them, 'Glory be to my Rabb - this is a statement of amazement - Am I anything but a human, a Messenger (rasūl) [from Allahu ta’ālā]?', in other words, [I am] like all [other] messengers (rusul), for they never brought [any] signs except by Allah’s leave.