68أَفَلَم يَدَّبَّرُوا القَولَ أَم جاءَهُم ما لَم يَأتِ آباءَهُمُ الأَوَّلينَMuhammad AsadHave they, then, never tried to understand this word [of God]? Or has there [now] come to them something that never came to their forefathers of old?1Implying that the message of the Qur'an is but a continuation of all the divine messages ever revealed to man.