AS-SAJJAD then told him that he and the other captives were...

AS-SAJJAD then told him that he and the other captives were the kith and kin of the Prophet referred to in that verse, and that they were the ones for whom respect was enjoined upon all Muslims. They are the "relatives" in the verse of KHUMS (QUR'AN, 33:33), AS-SAJJAD continued. The old man, astonished at such a answer, stood silently for a few moments, then he asked…