Language of the People Ibrahim (Abraham) - Chapter 14: Verse 4 (partial) وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ Never have We sent a messenger otherwise than speaking the language of his own people, so that he might make [the truth] clear to them. This is a blessing God grants to people with every message He sends to them. For a messenger to be able to bring people out of darkness into light, by their Lords leave, he must be given his message in his own peoples language. This is how he is then able to explain Gods message to them. It is how the objectives of the Message are fulfilled. Although the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a messenger to all mankind, he is given his message in his own peoples language, so that he can explain matters to them. They are the ones who would be conveying his message to the rest of mankind. His own life is, after all, limited. Therefore, he is commanded to call first on his own people. It is true that the Prophet sent his letters and emissaries to the heads of countries outside Arabia, calling on them to accept the message of Islam, and making it clear that his message was addressed to all mankind. However, what God determined for him, which fits with the limited duration of human life, is that Muhammad (peace be upon him) delivered his message to his own people in their own language. Then the task was completed by those who carried his message to other communities all over the world. Hence, there is no contradiction between his message being addressed to all humanity, and its being in Arabic, the language of his own people. Compiled From: In The Shade of The Quran - Sayyid Qutb
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