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Say, “It is not in my power to harm or benefit you.”

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Say, “No one can protect me from Allah ˹if I were to disobey Him˺, nor can I find any refuge other than Him.

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˹My duty is˺ only to convey ˹the truth˺ from Allah and ˹deliver˺ His messages.” And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger will certainly be in the Fire of Hell, to stay there for ever and ever.

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Only when they see what they have been threatened with will they know who is weaker in helpers and inferior in manpower.

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Say, “I do not know if what you are promised is near or my Lord has set a distant time for it.

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˹He is the˺ Knower of the unseen, disclosing none of it to anyone,

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except messengers of His choice. Then He appoints angel-guards before and behind them

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to ensure that the messengers fully deliver the messages of their Lord—though He ˹already˺ knows all about them, and keeps account of everything.”

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