﴿ قَالُوا۟ يَٰقَوْمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ ﴾

“They said: “O our people! Behold, we have been listening to a revelation bestowed from on high after [that of] Moses, confirming the truth of what­ever there still remains [of the Torah]: it guides towards the truth, and onto a straight way.”

��It guides to the truth and a straight way.� He said:That is, it shows the path of truth, [as that] by which one leaves dealings (muʿāmalāt) and formalities (rusūmāt) behind, [and endeavours] to realise the truth (taḥqīq al-ḥaqq), which is the straight path (ṣirāṭ mustaqīm).His words: