ONE AYAT A DAY
اَلَّذِيْنَ اٰتَيْنٰهُمُ الْكِتٰبَ يَعْرِفُوْنَهٗ كَمَا يَعْرِفُوْنَ اَبْنَاۤءَهُمْ ۗ وَاِنَّ فَرِيْقًا مِّنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُوْنَ الْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُوْنَ
Allażīna ātaināhumul-kitāba ya‘rifūnahū kamā ya‘rifūna abnā'ahum, wa inna farīqam minhum layaktumūnal-ḥaqqa wa hum ya‘lamūn(a).
Those to whom We gave the Scripture know him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] as they know their own sons. But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know [it].
The Jews know that the Prophet is True, but they hide the TruthAllah states that the scholars of the People of the Scripture know the truth of what Allah's Messenger ﷺ was sent with, just as one of them knows his own child, which is a parable that the Arabs use to describe what is very apparent. Similarly, in a Hadith, Allah's Messenger ﷺ said to a man who had a youngster with him:«ابْنُكَ هَذَا»؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَشْهَدُ بِهِ(Is this your son) He said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I testify to this fact." Allah's Messenger ﷺ said:«أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَجْنِي عَلَيْكَ وَلَا تَجْنِي عَلَيْه»(Well, you would not transgress against him nor would he transgress against you.)According to Al-Qurtubi, it was narrated that `Umar said to `Abdullah bin Salam (an Israelite scholar who became a Muslim), "Do you recognize Muhammad ﷺ as you recognize your own son" He replied, "Yes, and even more. The Honest One descended from heaven on the Honest One on the earth with his (i.e., Muhammad's) description and I recognized him, although I do not know anything about his mother's story."Allah states next that although they had knowledge and certainty in the Prophet , they still:لَيَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ(conceal the truth.)The Ayah indicates that they hide the truth from the people, about the Prophet , that they find in their Books,وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ(while they know it. ) Allah then str…