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Sura 29
Aya 47
47
وَكَذٰلِكَ أَنزَلنا إِلَيكَ الكِتابَ ۚ فَالَّذينَ آتَيناهُمُ الكِتابَ يُؤمِنونَ بِهِ ۖ وَمِن هٰؤُلاءِ مَن يُؤمِنُ بِهِ ۚ وَما يَجحَدُ بِآياتِنا إِلَّا الكافِرونَ

Muhammad Asad

For it is thus1 that We have bestowed this divine writ from on high upon thee [O Muhammad]. And they to whom we have vouchsafed this divine writ2 believe in it - just as among those [followers of earlier revelation] there are some who believe in it. And none could knowingly reject Our messages3 unless it be such as would deny [an obvious] truth:
  • I.e., "in this spirit": a reference to the sameness of the fundamental truths in all revealed religions.
  • I.e., "they to whom We grant the ability to understand this divine writ".
  • This rendering of the verb jahada in the present instance and in verse 49 below (as well as in 31:32, 40:63 or 41:28) - in the sense of a person's denying or rejecting something which he knows to be true is based on the authority of Zamakhshari's Asas.