[1026] The most significant testimony is the one held towards God, i.e., the declaration of Faith. The uprightness of all other testimonies springs from this fountainhead of true, unshakeable Belief (al-Rāzī, al-Biqāʿī, Naẓm al-Durar, Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[1027] The Qur’an. (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī)
[1028] Kitāb (sing.) here is a generic noun which entails all the Holy Scriptures that were revealed by God prior to the Qur’an. (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī)