VERILY We made the revelation of verses to be a testimony
for Our message unto you. Can ye produce a single
letter to match these verses? Bring forth, then, your proofs,
if ye be of those who can discern the one true God. I
solemnly affirm before God, should all men and spirits
combine to compose the like of one chapter of this Book,
they would surely fail, even though they were to assist one
another.[cf.
O concourse of divines! Fear God from this day onwards in the views ye advance, for He Who is Our Remembrance in your midst, and Who cometh from Us, is, in very truth, the Judge and Witness. Turn away from that which ye lay hold of, and which the Book of God, the True One, hath not sanctioned, for on the Day of Resurrection ye shall, upon the Bridge, be, in very truth, held answerable for the position ye occupied.... And unto you We have sent down this Book which truly none can mistake...
O concourse of the people of the Book! Fear ye God
and pride not yourselves in your learning. Follow ye the
Book which His Remembrance hath revealed in praise of
God, the True One. He Who is the Eternal Truth beareth
me witness, whoso followeth this Book hath indeed followed
all the past Scriptures which have been sent down
from heaven by God, the Sovereign Truth. Verily, He is
well informed of what ye do... Such as are the true followers
of