a Book was sent down, and among them were others who were commissioned to revive the Book that had come before.

The Exalted One said:
“Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner; and there has never been a nation but a warner passed within it.” ⦗Fāṭir 24⦘ (24)

“If they belie you, those before them also belied; their messengers came to them with clear proofs, with the zubur, and with the enlightening Book.” ⦗Fāṭir 25⦘ (25)

“Then I seized those who disbelieved—so how severe was My punishment!” ⦗Fāṭir 26⦘

He thus informs us that there is no community whatsoever except that a warner has appeared in its midst, as He also says:
“Indeed, We sent to every nation a messenger, commanding, ‘Worship Allah and shun the false deities.’ Some of them Allah guided, while misguidance was decreed for others. So travel through the earth and see how the deniers fared in the end.” ⦗An-Naḥl 36⦘

He then states that the peoples before them had their messengers come to them with clear proofs, the zubur, and the enlightening Book—an instance of mentioning the specific after the general because of a particular distinction it enjoys, just as He says: