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alladhīna ʾātaynāhumu l-kitāba yaʿrifūnahū ka-mā yaʿrifūna ʾabnāʾahumu alladhīna khasirū ʾanfusahum fa-hum lā yuʾminūna
Those whom We have given the Book recognize him just as they recognize their sons. Those who have ruined their souls will not have faith.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 20
20. "Those whom We have given The Book (the Jews and Christians) recognize him (Muhammad) as they recognize their sons. Yet those who have lost their own selves, they will not believe."
The content of this verse is similar to that of Surah Al-Baqarah, No.2, verse 146. Not only the name and qualities of the Prophet of Islam were mentioned in the Torah and the Evangel and the scholars of the People of the Book had informed their people of him under the title of 'the promised prophet', but also the characteristics of this Holy Prophet (S) and his companions were recorded in their Books. The Qur'an says:
In this verse, the Qur'an clearly answers to those who claimed that the People of the Book had no evidence upon the prophet hood of the Prophet of Islam (S) , when it says:
And, at the end of the verse, as a final conclusion, the Qur'an announces that, with all these clear signs, only those people do not believe in this Prophet who have lost all their things and the capital of their own selves in the bargaining market of commercial transactions of lives. It says:
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