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Is he who relies on a clear proof, a clear statement, from his Rabb - meaning the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" , or the believers; it [the proof] being the Qur'ān - [a clear proof] which is followed by a witness, to it of its veracity [as being], from Him, that is, from Allahu ta’ālā; he [the witness] being Gabriel - and before it, [before] the Qur'ān, was the Book of Moses, the Torah, also a witness to it, as an example and a mercy? (imāman wa-rahmatan is a circumstantial qualifier) [is such a person] like one who is not so? No! Those, that is, the ones who rely on a clear proof, they believe in it, that is, in the Qur'ān, and so for them will be Paradise; but he who disbelieves in it of the partisans, [namely] all the disbelievers, the Fire shall be his appointed place. So do not be in doubt, in uncertainty, concerning it, concerning the Qur'ān. Truly it is the Truth from your Rabb, but most of mankind, that is, the people of Mecca, do not believe.