Mishkat al-Masabih — Hadith #52089

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said: God Almighty favored Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, over the prophets and over the people of heaven. They said, O Abu Abbas, why did God favor him over the people of heaven? The sky? He said: Indeed, God Almighty said to the inhabitants of heaven, “And whoever among them says, ‘Indeed, I am a god besides Him,’ that We will reward.” Hell. Thus do We reward the wrongdoers.] And God Almighty said to Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace: [Indeed, We have opened for you a clear conquest, so that God may forgive you for what you have come before. Of your sin and what is delayed.] They said: What is his superiority over the prophets? He said: God Almighty said: [And We did not send any messenger except In the language of his people, that He may make clear to them, so God sends astray whomsoever He wills.] And God Almighty said to Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace: [And We have not sent you except all to the people] so send him to the jinn and mankind.