The Children of Israel
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE
[17:108]
and say, "Limitless in His glory is our Sustainer! Verily, our Sustainer’s promise has been fulfilled!"


* v.108 : This may be an allusion to the many Biblical predictions of the advent of the Prophet Muhammad, especially to Deuteronomy xviii 15 and 18 (cf. sūrah 2, note 33). In its wider sense, however, the “fulfilment of God’s promise” relates to His bestowal of a definitive revelation, the Qur’ān, henceforth destined to guide man at all stages of his spiritual, cultural, and social development.