المعنى
What is "the Book" (al-Kitāb) referring to in this āyah?
الجواب
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It is the Torah. [Ibn ʿAbbās]
- It is both the Torah and the Gospel. [Qatādah]