Say, ‘I am nothing new among God’s messengers…’He said:That is, ‘There were messengers before me who commanded what I command [you] and forbadewhat I forbid [you]. I am not peculiar (ʿajab) among the messengers. I do not call you to anything except the profession of God’s oneness (tawḥīd), and I do not guide you to anything other than the noblest of ethics (makārim al-akhlāq). It was with this that the prophets before me were sent.’His words, Exalted is He: