And He—exalted is He—has said:

“Allah selects messengers from among the angels and from among humankind” (al-Hajj 75).

Thus He affirmed that it is the speech of a messenger whom He has chosen from the angels, sent down through him to a messenger whom He has chosen from mankind. He also said:

“Indeed, it is truly the speech of a noble messenger;
not the speech of a poet—how little you believe!—
nor the speech of a soothsayer—how little you take heed!
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.
Had he made up any statements and attributed them to Us,
We would have seized him by the right hand,
then severed his aorta,
and none of you could have protected him.
Truly it is a reminder for the God-fearing;
We certainly know that some of you will deny it,
and it will be a source of anguish for the disbelievers.
And most surely it is the truth of certainty.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great” (al-Ḥāqqah 19–52).

In this way He declared each of the two messengers free of every suspicion: He absolved the angel of being a devil, and He absolved the human of being a poet or a soothsayer, and He set forth the proof and the sign of that, saying: