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As also We have sent (this [verbal clause ka-mā arsalnā, 'as We have sent'] is semantically connected to wa-li-utimma [of the previous verse], that is to say, '[Also We have sent] by way of perfection'); as it [My grace] has been perfected by Our sending, among you, of yourselves, Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" , a Messenger (rasūl), to recite Our verses, the Qur'ān, to you and to purify you, to cleanse you from idolatry, and to teach you the Book, the Qur'ān, and al-hikmah (wisdom), the rulings therein, and to teach you what you knew not.