These readings convey the same meaning in slightly different ways. The first has a declarative statement followed by a rhetorical question in the next ayah, while the second reading has the whole thing as a rhetorical question: the interrogative hamzah is repeated as reinforcement.
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
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These readings convey the same meaning in slightly different ways. The first has a declarative statement followed by a rhetorical question in the next ayah, while the second reading has the whole thing as a rhetorical question: the interrogative hamzah is repeated as reinforcement.