ONE AYAT A DAY
اَلْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِيْنَ ࣖ
Al-ḥaqqu mir rabbika falā takūnanna minal-mumtarīn(a).
The truth is from your Lord, so never be among the doubters.
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…