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but no messenger ever came to them without being mocked.

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This is how We allow disbelief ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.

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They would not believe in this ˹Quran˺ despite the ˹many˺ examples of those ˹destroyed˺ before.

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And even if We opened for them a gate to heaven, through which they continued to ascend,

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still they would say, “Our eyes have truly been dazzled! In fact, we must have been bewitched.”

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Indeed, We have placed constellations in the sky, and adorned it for all to see.

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And We protected it from every accursed devil,

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except the one eavesdropping, who is then pursued by a visible flare.1

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As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and caused everything to grow there in perfect balance.

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And We made in it means of sustenance for you and others, who you do not provide for.

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