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but he denied and disobeyed ˹Allah˺,

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then turned his back, striving ˹against the truth˺.

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Then he summoned ˹his people˺ and called out,

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saying, “I am your lord, the most high!”

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So Allah overtook him, making him an example in this life and the next.

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Surely in this is a lesson for whoever stands in awe of ˹Allah˺.

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Which is harder to create: you or the sky?1 He built it,

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raising it high and forming it flawlessly.

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He dimmed its night, and brought forth its daylight.

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As for the earth, He spread it out as well,1

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