one messenger had been sent to them?” He replied: “The latter brought the same message as the former; therefore, if they deny one, they have denied all the messengers.”

“When their brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not fear Allah? Indeed, I am a trustworthy messenger to you. So fear Allah and obey me. I ask of you no payment for this; my reward is due only from the Lord of the worlds. So fear Allah and obey me.’ They said, ‘Are we to believe in you when the lowest among us have followed you?’” (106–111)