“Yet their knowledge of the Hereafter is vanishingly small”
Explanation
These readings are based on verb forms VI and IV of the same root, and are explained in the same ways, though there are numerous explanations of this ayah. The translations above reflect some of these, and it has also been taken to denote a rhetorical question: has their knowledge extended to the next life? [al-Alusi]
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
Explanation
These readings are based on verb forms VI and IV of the same root, and are explained in the same ways, though there are numerous explanations of this ayah. The translations above reflect some of these, and it has also been taken to denote a rhetorical question: has their knowledge extended to the next life? [al-Alusi]