Jesus answered and said to him: "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

{And nothing prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allah sent a human messenger?" Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a messenger."} (Al-Isra: 94–95).

It means: Had they declared Him transcendent (nazzahuhu) from humanity, they would have been among those who believed; indeed, their affirming of humanity upon Him is what prevents them from faith.

The Almighty pointed out that He only represented (tamaththala) Himself to them in the human attribute because they are humans; had they been luminous beings (nuranis), they would have seen Him as a luminous being. This is His saying:

{Muhammad was not the father of any of your men} (Al-Ahzab: 40).

And His saying in Surah al-Zukhruf: