Thus, His words:

“There has certainly come to you”

refer specifically to Quraysh and the Arabs, then extend to all other human beings, since the Quran addresses them. The Messenger is one of their own, meaning that he is neither an angel from whom they would be unable to receive instruction, nor a jinn.

This then extends to the jinn, because the Messenger was sent to both humans and jinn, and the Quran addresses both communities. The Messenger belongs to them collectively, as Allah says:

“O company of jinn and mankind, did there not come to you messengers from among you?”

He thus described the messengers He sent as belonging to both kinds, although they were human. Humans and jinn share the qualities of being alive, endowed with speech, and subject to commands and prohibitions. They eat, drink, have sexual relations, produce offspring, and receive nourishment and grow through eating and drinking. These qualities are common to them both and distinguish them from the angels, who neither eat nor drink, nor have sexual relations or produce offspring. Thus, the Messenger is among the noblest of the two communities, in view of the qualities they share that distinguish them from the angels. Accordingly, the Messenger was sent to both communities, but not to the angels.

Likewise, His words:

“Allah has certainly bestowed a favour upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from