am the Messenger of Allah.”

Similarly, those among them who entered Islam—such as ʿAbd Allah ibn Salam—used to tell their fellow People of the Book, “By Allah, besides whom there is no deity, you certainly know that he is the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” This fact is firmly established in the authentic reports collected in the two Ṣaḥīḥs and elsewhere.

From what we have set forth, it is plain that these people have distorted the Word of Allah and that they possess no valid argument regarding what was revealed to Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—just as similar cases have been mentioned earlier.