They did not believe in human messengers, but waited for angelic messengers:                              
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                                Prophets and messengers are human beings like us:                              
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                                And the disbelieving ancestors of the people of the Book had in the past called the messengers sorcerers, and their proofs magic, and their books a book of sorcery.                              
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                                How did they turn away from the Qur'an?                              
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                                People of the character described; "Hypocrites":                              
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                                A reference to the hypocrites who say that they obey, but after leaving the messenger they plot to betray him and thus persecute their own character:                              
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