140قالَ أَغَيرَ اللَّهِ أَبغيكُم إِلٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُم عَلَى العالَمينَMuhammad Asad[And] he said: "Am I to seek for you a deity other than God, although it is He who has favoured you above all other people?"1I.e., by having raised so many prophets out of their midst.