was revealed to Muḥammad is a confirmation on their part of what is with them of the Torah, and in their rejection of it is a rejection on their part of what is with them of the Torah.

His statement: "confirming" is an accusative of state detached from the omitted pronoun "h" in "I revealed [it]" from the mention of "what" (1). The meaning of the statement is: "And believe in that which I have revealed, confirming what is with you, O Jews!" And what is with them is the Torah and the Gospel. Just as:

814- Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr al-Bāhilī narrated to us, he said: Abū ʿĀṣim narrated to us, he said: ʿĪsā ibn Maymūn narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Najīḥ, from Mujāhid, regarding the word of Allah: "And believe in what I have sent down, confirming that which is with you", he said: "I have only sent down the Qur'an confirming that which is with you: the Torah and the Gospel." (2)

815- And al-Muthannā narrated to me, he said: Abū Ḥudhayfa narrated to us, he said: Shibl narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Najīḥ, from Mujāhid, the like of it.

816- And al-Muthannā narrated to me, he said: Ādam narrated to us, he said: Abū Jaʿfar informed us, from al-Rabīʿ, from Abū al-ʿĀliya: "And believe in what I have sent down, confirming that which is with you", he says: "O community of the People of the Book, believe in what I have sent down to Muḥammad confirming that which is with you." He says: "Because they find Muḥammad—Peace and blessings of God be upon him—written with them in the Torah and the Gospel." (3)

The discourse concerning the Interpretation of the statement of the Exalted: {And be not the first to disbelieve in it}

Abū Jaʿfar said: If a questioner says to us: How was it said: "And be not the first to disbelieve in it",