Al-Ahqaf 46:30
The Wind-Curved Sandhills · Meccan · Juz 26 · Page 506
After Moses
قَالُواْ يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا كِتَٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقࣰا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ يَهۡدِيٓ إِلَى ٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ ٣٠
They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a scripture which hath been revealed after Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding unto the truth and a right road.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
“We have heard a Book revealed after Moses, confirming what was before it.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, Jesus is not mentioned either because both peoples of the Book agree on Moses, or because these jinn were Jewish.
Reflect
See the Qur’an as the continuation of earlier revelation.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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