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He replied, “Allah says, ‘It should have been used neither to till the soil nor water the fields; wholesome and without blemish.’” They said, “Now you have come with the truth.” Yet they still slaughtered it hesitantly!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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˹This is˺ when a man was killed and you disputed who the killer was, but Allah revealed what you concealed.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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So We instructed, “Strike the dead body with a piece of the cow.” This is how ˹easily˺ Allah brings the dead to life, showing you His signs so that you may understand.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Even then your hearts became hardened like a rock or even harder, for some rocks gush rivers; others split, spilling water; while others are humbled in awe of Allah. And Allah is never unaware of what you do.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Do you ˹believers still˺ expect them to be true to you, though a group of them would hear the word of Allah then knowingly corrupt it after understanding it?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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When they meet the believers they say, “We believe.” But in private they say ˹to each other˺, “Will you disclose to the believers the knowledge Allah has revealed to you,1 so that they may use it against you before your Lord? Do you not understand?”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Do they not know that Allah is aware of what they conceal and what they reveal?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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And among them are the illiterate who know nothing about the Scripture except lies, and ˹so˺ they ˹wishfully˺ speculate.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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So woe1 to those who distort the Scripture with their own hands then say, “This is from Allah”—seeking a fleeting gain! So woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they have earned.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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˹Some of˺ the Jews claim, “The Fire will not touch us except for a number of days.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Have you taken a pledge from Allah—for Allah never breaks His word—or are you ˹just˺ saying about Allah what you do not know?”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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