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Then the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them with justice, and We reduced them to rubble. So away with the wrongdoing people!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Then We raised other generations after them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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No people can advance their doom, nor can they delay it.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Then We sent Our messengers in succession: whenever a messenger came to his people, they denied him. So We destroyed them, one after the other, reducing them to ˹cautionary˺ tales. So away with the people who refuse to believe!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs1 and compelling proof

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they behaved arrogantly and were a tyrannical people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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They argued, “Will we believe in two humans, like ourselves, whose people are slaves to us?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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So they rejected them both, and ˹so˺ were among those destroyed.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so perhaps his people would be ˹rightly˺ guided.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign, and gave them refuge on high ground—a ˹suitable˺ place for rest with flowing water.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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