When it is recited to them they say: "We believe in it for it is the Truth from our Lord. Indeed we were already Muslims."1
Footnotes
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That is, “Even before this we were believers in the Prophets and the divine Books. Therefore, we had no other faith than Islam and we have believed in that Book too, which this Prophet has brought from Allah. Thus, no change has occurred in our religion: we were Muslims before even as we are Muslims now.”