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And they, that is the disbelievers of Mecca, who do not know, say, to the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" : 'Why does Allahu ta’ālā not speak to us?, [to say] that you are His Messenger (rasūl); Why does a sign not come to us?', of the sort we have requested in order to show your sincerity. So, in the same way that these [disbelievers] have spoken, spoke those before them, from among past communities, to their prophets, the like of what they say, in [their] obstinacy and demand for signs; their hearts are much alike, in terms of unbelief and stubbornness: this is meant as consolation for the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" . Yet We have made clear the signs to a people who are certain, [a people] who know that these are [Allah’s] signs and so they believe in them, for to request other signs would be obduracy.