وَمَآ
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
مِن
قَبۡلِكَ
إِلَّا
رِجَالٗا
نُّوحِيٓ
إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ
فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ
أَهۡلَ
ٱلذِّكۡرِ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
لَا
تَعۡلَمُونَ
٤٣
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom We inspired - Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! -
— M. Pickthall
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
— Saheeh International
And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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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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