would address them in their own language. Yet this does not mean that they had to put the divine scriptures into writing in that language; it is sufficient that they read those scriptures in the tongue of the prophets—peace be upon them—then translate them into the listeners’ tongue. He, exalted is He, has said: “We sent no messenger except in the language of his people” (Ibrāhīm 14:4). He did not say, “We sent no messenger except to his people.” Rather, Muhammad was sent in the language of his people, the Quraysh, and he was sent both to his own people and to others—just as they say the same about the Messiah, peace be upon him.