concerning Christ—peace be upon him—and the doctrines of Trinity, incarnation, and the like, as well as their appeal to Allah’s words:
“ We never sent a messenger unless it was in the language of his own people ” (Ibrāhīm 14:4),
and His statement:
“ Indeed, We sent to every community a messenger ” (al-Naḥl 16:36).

One replies: There is no doubt that the people of Moses, peace be upon him, were the Children of Israel, and it was in their language that the Torah was revealed. Likewise, the Children of Israel were the people of Christ, peace be upon him, and it was in their tongue that he spoke. Neither of these two messengers ever addressed anyone except in Hebrew; neither of them spoke Latin, Syriac, Greek, or Coptic.

As for the verse, “ Indeed, We sent to every community a messenger ” (al-Naḥl 16:36), it is an unqualified, all-inclusive statement, like His saying, “ There has never been a nation but a warner passed among them ” (Fāṭir 35:24). Nothing in these verses indicates that the Torah and the Gospel were delivered to them in their own respective languages.

The seventh point:
It may be said: The cornerstone of their argument here is their claim that