[2:75] Are you then so eager that they should believe you, seeing there is a party of them that heard God's word, and then tampered with it (yuḥarrifūnahu), and that, after they had comprehended it knowingly?
He informed them of [the status] of their belief and related that after hearing the address of God (s), they engaged in tampering and altering. 'Why would they believe you when they already heard by means of the message? How can those who do not remain in a state of faith after eye-witnessing (ʿiyān) believe by means of demonstrative proof (burhān)? That which does not hold true for the Real does not hold true for you. How can those who are not ashamed before the Real be ashamed before you?'