The Holy Quran 13:38 — Surah Ar-Ra'd

Arabic text

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَذُرِّيَّةً ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ

Translation

Verily, We have sent many Rusul before you and We granted them wives and progenies (they were not angels but human beings with families). A Rasool is not capable of producing a sign (miracle) without Allaah's order. Every period (of time) had written commands (which suited the people of the time. Therefore, people should not object to the Shari'ah of Rasulullaah ﷺ merely because it is different from those of the previous Ambiyaa عليه الصلاة والسلام).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

All the prophets were human beings: that is, what is so strange about the Arab Prophet ﷺ being sent with a new Book and new commands, that so many objections are raised against it? After all, the messengers We sent before him were not angels from the heavens either; they were men who lived in this very world: they ate food, saw to their own needs with their…

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