Proof that messengers were sent all over the world
And Messengers We have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you”
[an-Nisa’ 4:164].
And, indeed We have sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW); of some of them We have related to you their story and of some We have not related to you their story”
[Ghaafir 40:78].
At-Taahir ibn ‘Ashoor (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Allah did not tell the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) the names of many of the Messengers, and only told him the names of a few, because those who are mentioned are the greatest of the Messengers and Prophets and greater lessons may be learned from their stories.
At-Tahreer wa’t-Tanweer, 6/35
Ibn ‘Atiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his commentary on the verse in an-Nisa’:
The words of Allah, may He be exalted, “and Messengers We have not mentioned to you” [an-Nisa’ 4:164], imply a large number of Prophets, without mentioning a specific number. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And there never was a nation but a warner had passed among them”
[Faatir 35:24]
Source: Islamqa
And Messengers We have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you”
[an-Nisa’ 4:164].
And, indeed We have sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW); of some of them We have related to you their story and of some We have not related to you their story”
[Ghaafir 40:78].
At-Taahir ibn ‘Ashoor (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Allah did not tell the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) the names of many of the Messengers, and only told him the names of a few, because those who are mentioned are the greatest of the Messengers and Prophets and greater lessons may be learned from their stories.
At-Tahreer wa’t-Tanweer, 6/35
Ibn ‘Atiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his commentary on the verse in an-Nisa’:
The words of Allah, may He be exalted, “and Messengers We have not mentioned to you” [an-Nisa’ 4:164], imply a large number of Prophets, without mentioning a specific number. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And there never was a nation but a warner had passed among them”
[Faatir 35:24]
Source: Islamqa
