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If they deny you, then say, “My deeds are mine and your deeds are yours. You are free of what I do and I am free of what you do!”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Some of them listen to what you say, but can you make the deaf hear even though they do not understand?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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And some of them look at you, but can you guide the blind even though they cannot see?1

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Indeed, Allah does not wrong people in the least, but it is people who wrong themselves.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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On the Day He will gather them, it will be as if they had not stayed ˹in the world˺ except for an hour of a day,1 ˹as though they were only˺ getting to know one another. Lost indeed will be those who denied the meeting with Allah, and were not ˹rightly˺ guided!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Whether We show you ˹O Prophet˺ some of what We threaten them with, or cause you to die ˹before that˺, to Us is their return and Allah is a Witness over what they do.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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And for every community there is a messenger. After their messenger has come,1 judgment is passed on them in all fairness, and they are not wronged.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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They ask ˹the believers˺, “When will this threat come to pass if what you say is true?”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I have no power to benefit or protect myself, except by the Will of Allah.” For each community there is an appointed term. When their time arrives, they cannot delay it for a moment, nor could they advance it.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Tell them ˹O Prophet˺, “Imagine if His torment were to overcome you by night or day—do the wicked realize what they are ˹really˺ asking Him to hasten?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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