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It is likewise reported from Ibrahim—or, according to another narration, from Mujahid—regarding the verse, “And the one who brought the truth and affirmed it” (al-Zumar 39:33), that he said: “They are the people of the Quran, provided they live by it.”
وَيَذْكُرُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَوْ مُجَاهِدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ: ﴿وَالَّذِي جَاءَ بِالصِّدْقِ وَصَدَّقَ بِهِ﴾ [الزمر: ٣٣] قَالَ: «هُمْ أَهْلُ الْقُرْآنِ إِذْ عَمِلُوا بِهِ»