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MOHAMMAD) IS WITH A CLEAR SIGN (SUCH AS THE GLORIOUS QURA"N) FROM HIS LORD, AND A (TRUTHFUL) WITNESS OF HIM (LIKE HAZRAT IMAM ALI) TESTIFIES TO IT, AND BEFORE IT WAS THE BOOK OF MOSES, A LEADER AND MERCY. THEY (THE TRUTHFUL BELIEVERS) BELIEVE IN IT. HE WHO BELIEVES NOT IN IT FROM AMONG THE PARTIES, THEN THE FIRE IS HIS APPOINTMENT. SO BE NOT IN DOUBT OF IT, THAT IT IS THE TRUTH FROM YOUR LORD, BUT MOST OF PEOPLE WILL NOT BELIEVE. [ 151 ] THE COMMENTARY VERSE NO.

17 Differences are found among the commentators about the pronouns that to which person they indicate, and the meaning of some words in the above verse. It begins with the main clause that:ِ ``Is ``he'' who has a ``clear sign'' from his Lord and a ``witness'' of him who recites and testifies it; and before it, was the Book of Moses, as an ``Imam'' and Mercy....'' Is such a one comparable and equal to he who is not so?

in the word, ``IS HE'' the pronoun, ``HE'' refers to the prophet Mohammad (AS), and the ``clear sign'' alludes to the Glorious Qura"n, and he who, ``recites or testifies it'', is any truthful believer like HAZRAT IMAM ALI (AS) who never left the prophet.

This clause of the verse implies that the Holy Qura"n is sufficient a reason to prove the prophet's truthfulness, and if we deeply study the characters and conducts, and the wonderful qualifications of Imam Ali, who was grown, and trained, and taught, by the prophet; the reason is no less convincing than the Glorious Qura"n. As a matter of fact, Qura"n is a silent Ali, and HAZRAT ALI, is a speaking Qura"n.

Besides that, the signs and symptom of our prophet is given through the original revelation, TAWRA"T, the Book given to Moses. Here, the book given to Moses has been qualified by the adjectives, ``Imam'' and ``Mercy''.