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When they see you ˹O Prophet˺, they only make fun of you, ˹saying,˺ “Is this the one that Allah has sent as a messenger?

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He would have almost tricked us away from our gods, had we not been so devoted to them.” ˹But˺ soon they will know, when they face the punishment, who is far astray from the ˹Right˺ Way.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Have you seen ˹O Prophet˺ the one who has taken their own desires as their god? Will you then be a keeper over them?

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Or do you think that most of them listen or understand?1 They are only like cattle—no, more than that, they are astray from the ˹Right˺ Way!2 

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Have you not seen how your Lord extends the shade—He could have simply made it ˹remain˺ still if He so willed—then We make the sun its guide,

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causing the shade to retreat gradually?1 

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He is the One Who has made the night for you as a cover, and ˹made˺ sleep for resting, and the day for rising.

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And He is the One Who sends the winds ushering in His mercy, and We send down pure rain from the sky,

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giving life to a lifeless land, and providing water for countless animals and humans of Our Own creation.

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We certainly disperse it among them so they may be mindful, but most people persist in ungratefulness.

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