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as there are within yourselves. Can you not see?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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In heaven is your sustenance and whatever you are promised.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Then by the Lord of heaven and earth! ˹All˺ this is certainly as true as ˹the fact that˺ you can speak!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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˹Remember˺ when they entered his presence and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He replied, “Peace ˹be upon you˺!” ˹Then he said to himself,˺ “These people must be strangers!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Then he slipped off to his family and brought a fat ˹roasted˺ calf,1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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˹They did not eat,˺ so he grew fearful of them.1 They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid,” and gave him good news of a knowledgeable son.2

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Then his wife came forward with a cry, clasping her forehead ˹in astonishment˺, exclaiming, “˹A baby from˺ a barren, old woman!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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They replied, “Such has your Lord decreed. He is truly the All-Wise, All-Knowing.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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