Overall meaning : The Almighty states that those who deny that He has ever revealed anything to any human being do not really esteem and venerate Him as is His due, nor measure His power its true measure. Then He instructs His Prophet, Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to say to them, 'Who, then, revealed the Torah which Moses brought, a light dissipating the darkness of misguidance and error and a guide for people to the right path? You have transcribed them on parchment, disclosing some but concealing much, and Allah has taught you through the Qur’an things which neither you nor your forefathers knew.’ He also directs him to reply to this question, saying that it is Allah who sent the Torah to Moses and to let them sport themselves with falsehood and be engrossed in their vain talk.
Allah, Glorified be He, further states that He has sent down to Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the Qur’an, which is full of blessings and confirms the truth contained in the previously revealed divine scriptures, in order for him to warn with it the people of Makkah and those that dwell around it, as well as all peoples, Arabs and non-Arabs alike. He explains that all those who believe in the resurrection and the final judgement in the hereafter believe in this Holy Qur’an and are steadfast in performing their prayers.