Here the people of the BOOK, and in particular the Jews, are strictly admonished and advised, not to be obstinate, and do believe in the new revelation of truth, that also confirms their own Scriptures, and that they deserve more than the nomad Arabs to believe in God, and grasp the newly sent down truth of religion, for being acquainted from before with God's inspiration. They are then threatened thus:

      ``And if you want to continue with that obstinacy of yours in rejecting the truth, and belying the Messenger of God, then you must expect either of the two dreadful punishments; being defaced, or cursed by Allah! God may obliterate your faces and turn them backwards.''

      In fact this phrase of verse: ``We obliterate your faces and turning them backward.'' is an Arabic proverb, by which face implies the feature or the prestige, and the main expression of man's essence. Therefore, if those who are given the scripture, if they prove themselves unworthy of such a precious gift, then God will do it other way, and then they will lose their face of eminence and may turn to degradation and suffer eternal damnation under the curse of Allah.