He, glory be to Him, has commanded that His blessings be remembered in several places, as when He says:

“Remember Allah’s blessing upon you and what He has sent down to you of the Book and wisdom.”

The purpose of remembering these blessings is to give thanks for them, as He says:

“Wherever you set out from, turn your face toward the Sacred Mosque. This is indeed the truth from your Lord, and Allah is not unaware of what you do.”

“Wherever you set out from, turn your face toward the Sacred Mosque; and wherever you may be, turn your faces toward it, so that people may have no argument against you, except those among them who do wrong. So do not fear them; fear Me, so that I may complete My blessing upon you and that you may be guided.”

“Just as We have sent among you a Messenger from among yourselves, reciting Our verses to you, purifying you, teaching you the Book and wisdom, and teaching you what you did not know.”

“So remember Me; I will remember you. Give thanks to Me, and do not be ungrateful to Me.”

His words,

“Just as We have sent among you a Messenger from among yourselves,”

encompass everyone addressed by the Quran. The same applies to His words:

“There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Your suffering weighs heavily upon him; he is deeply concerned for you, and compassionate and merciful toward the believers.”

The Messenger is thus from among those addressed by these words, since the kāf is the pronoun of address. Since these words were addressed first to Quraysh, then to the Arabs, and then to all other nations, their scope is accordingly specific or general.

The Quran also contains passages specifically concerning Quraysh, such as His words:

“For the accustomed security of Quraysh,”
“their accustomed security on the journey of winter