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And, We sent, messengers (rusul) We have told you of before, and messengers (rusul) We have not told you of: it is related that Allahu ta’ālā sent eight thousand prophets [in total], four thousand [of them] from [the Children of] Israel, and [the remaining] four thousand from other peoples, as stated by the Shaykh [Jalāl al-Dīn al-Mahallī] in [his commentary on] sūrat Ghāfir [Q. 40:78]; and Allahu ta’ālā spoke directly, without mediation, to Moses.