The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I was sent from the best generations of the children of Adam, generation after generation, until I came from the generation in which I was."
أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: بعثت من خير قرون بني آدم قرنا فقرنا، حتى كنت من القرن الذي كنت منه.