The Jinn
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[72:7]
so much so that they came to think, as you [once] thought, that God would never [again] send forth anyone [as His apostle].

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* v.7 : Thus Tabarī (on the authority of Al-Kalbī) and Ibn Kathīr. The overwhelming majority of the Jews were convinced that no prophet would be raised after those who were explicitly mentioned in the Old Testament: hence their rejection of Jesus and, of course, Muhammad, and their “reaching out towards heaven” (see next verse) in order to obtain a direct insight into God’s plan of creation.