[206] Although the People of the Book are reminded of the true faith of their patriarchs, they are also cautioned not to be boastful about it and to do some soul searching by asking themselves the difficult question of how far removed they are from the essence of real surrender to God’s Will (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr).