This is also the position of those who deny prophethood, such as the Brahmins—the polytheists of India—and others. They advance well-known objections which they claim are rational proofs against the possibility of messengers being sent.

For this reason, Allah Most High said:

“We sent before you only men to whom We gave revelation, from among the people of the towns.”
[Yūsuf: 109]

And He said:

“We sent before you only men to whom We gave revelation. So ask the people of knowledge if you do not know.”
[Al-Nahl: 43]

And He said:

“Say, ‘I am not the first of the messengers.’”
[Al-Ahqāf: 9]

There are other similar passages.

Likewise, when he told them of the resurrection, they opposed him on the basis of their own reasoning. Allah Most High has related in the Quran the arguments they advanced to deny the resurrection, as in His words:

“He presents an example for Us, forgetting his own creation. He says, ‘Who will give life to bones when they have crumbled to dust?’ * Say, ‘He who created them the first time will give them life, and He has full knowledge of every creation— * He who made fire for you from green trees, from which you kindle your fires.’ * Is He who created the heavens and the earth not able to create their like? Yes indeed! He is the Supreme Creator, the All-Knowing.”
[Yā Sīn: 78–81]

He has mentioned their objections to both the message and the resurrection in His words:

“Qāf. By the glorious Quran! * Yet they marvel that a warner has come to them from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, ‘This