Thus, Allah’s messengers serve as intermediaries in delivering His revelations. The Almighty says,

“O Messenger, convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord.” (Qur’an 5:67)

He also says,

“Except a messenger whom He has approved, for He dispatches before him and behind him guardians, so that He may know that they have indeed conveyed the messages of their Lord.” (Qur’an 72:27–28)

And about Noah He says,

“But I am a messenger from the Lord of all worlds, delivering to you the messages of my Lord.” (Qur’an 7:61–62)

In Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr reports that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Convey from me, even if it is only a single verse. You may narrate from the Children of Israel—there is no sin in that—and whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.”

In the Sunan collections, Zayd ibn Thābit and Ibn Masʿūd relate that the Prophet—peace be upon him—said:

“May Allah brighten the face of a person who hears a report from us and conveys it just as he heard it. Perhaps the bearer of understanding is not himself a jurist, and perhaps he conveys understanding to one who is more versed than he.”

In both Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim it is narrated that, during the Farewell Pilgrimage, the Prophet—peace be upon him—said:

“Let those who are present convey it to those who are absent, for it may be that one to whom it is conveyed will comprehend it more fully than the one who heard it.”

The point here is that the upright monotheists—those who worship Allah alone without partner—are Muslims; indeed, all the prophets and their communities were Muslims and believers. As Allah says, “Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him…” (Qur’an 3:85)