al-Durr al-Manthur fi al-Tafsir bi al-Ma'thur, p. 3222 · When God repeated the proofs against them, they said: if he is a human, then someone other than Muhammad would be more deserving of the message — 'Why was this Quran not sent down to a great man of the two towns?' (Az-Zukhruf 31) — meaning al-Walid ibn al-Mughira of Mecca and Mas'ud ibn Amr al-Thaqafi of Ta'if; so God revealed in reply: 'Is it they who distribute your Lord's mercy?' (Az-Zukhruf 32) · Suhuf