Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

1. It refers to the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ. [Ibn ʿAbbās]
2. It refers to the change of the *qiblah* to the Kaʿbah. [Abū al-ʿĀliyah, Qatādah, al-Suddī, Muqātil. Also narrated from Ibn ʿAbbās]

What does the attached pronoun in "they recognise him/it" refer to?

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

1. It refers to the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ. [Mujāhid]
2. It refers to the change of the *qiblah* to the *Kaʿbah*. [Al-Suddī, Muqātil, and others]

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

1. They know that it is the truth.
2. They know the punishment for opposing it.

What is it implied that they know in the phrase "while they know"?