Al-Hijr
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[15:8]
[Yet] We never send down angels otherwise than in accordance with the [demands of] truth; and [were the angels to appear now,] lo! they [who reject this divine writ] would have no further respite!

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* v.8 : Sc., “and not just to satisfy a frivolous demand of people who refuse to consider a prophetic message on its merits.” Moreover – as is evident from the next clause – an actual appearance of the angels to ordinary men would but presage the Day of Judgment (described in 78:39 as “the Day of Ultimate Truth”) and, thus, the doom of the deniers of the truth spoken of here.
* Cf. 6:8 – “had We sent down an angel, all would indeed have been decided,” i.e., the Day of Judgment would have come.