An-Nahl 16:43 وما ارسلنا من قبلك الا رجالا نوحي اليهم فاسالوا اهل الذكر ان كنتم لا تعلمون ٤٣
وَمَآ
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
مِن
قَبۡلِكَ
إِلَّا
رِجَالٗا
نُّوحِيٓ
إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ
فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ
أَهۡلَ
ٱلذِّكۡرِ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
لَا
تَعۡلَمُونَ
٤٣
And We sent not (as Our Messengers) before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) any but men, whom We sent revelation, (to preach and invite mankind to believe in the Oneness of Allâh). So ask (you, O pagans of Makkah) of those who know the Scripture [learned men of the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)], if you know not.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Only Human Messengers have been Sent
Ad-Dahhak said, reporting from Ibn `Abbas: "When Allah sent Muhammad as a Messenger, the Arabs, or some of them, denied him and said, `Allah is too great to send a human being as a Messenger.' Then Allah revealed:
أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَى رَ
…Only Human Messengers have been Sent
Ad-Dahhak said, reporting from Ibn `Abbas: "When Allah sent Muhammad as a Messenger, the Arabs, or some of them, d
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