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They will ask their skin ˹furiously˺, “Why have you testified against us?” It will say, “We have been made to speak by Allah, Who causes all things to speak. He ˹is the One Who˺ created you the first time, and to Him you were bound to return.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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You did not ˹bother to˺ hide yourselves from your ears, eyes, and skin to prevent them from testifying against you. Rather, you assumed that Allah did not know much of what you used to do.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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It was that ˹false˺ assumption you entertained about your Lord that has brought about your doom, so you have become losers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Even if they endure patiently, the Fire will ˹always˺ be their home. And if they ˹beg to˺ appease ˹their Lord˺, they will never be allowed to.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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We placed at their disposal ˹evil˺ associates who made their past and future ˹misdeeds˺ appealing to them.1 ˹So˺ the fate of earlier communities of jinn and humans has been justified against them ˹as well˺, ˹for˺ they were truly losers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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The disbelievers advised ˹one another˺, “Do not listen to this Quran but drown it out so that you may prevail.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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So We will certainly make the disbelievers taste a severe punishment, and We will surely repay them according to the worst of their deeds.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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That is the reward of Allah’s enemies: the Fire, which will be their eternal home—a ˹fitting˺ reward for their denial of Our revelations.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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The disbelievers will ˹then˺ cry, “Our Lord! Show us those jinn and humans who led us astray: we will put them under our feet so that they will be among the lowest ˹in Hell˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Surely those who say, “Our Lord is Allah,” and then remain steadfast, the angels descend upon them,1 ˹saying,˺ “Do not fear, nor grieve. Rather, rejoice in the good news of Paradise, which you have been promised.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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