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Or do they have associate-gods ˹supporting this claim˺? Then let them bring forth their associate-gods, if what they say is true.

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˹Beware of˺ the Day the Shin ˹of Allah˺ will be bared,1 and the wicked will be asked to prostrate, but they will not be able to do so,

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with eyes downcast, totally covered with disgrace. For they were ˹always˺ called to prostrate ˹in the world˺ when they were fully capable ˹but they chose not to˺.

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So leave to Me ˹O Prophet˺ those who reject this message. We will gradually draw them to destruction in ways they cannot comprehend.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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I ˹only˺ delay their end for a while, but My planning is flawless.

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Or are you asking them for a reward ˹for the message˺ so that they are overburdened by debt?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Or do they have access to ˹the Record in˺ the unseen, so they copy it ˹for all to see˺?

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So be patient with your Lord’s decree, and do not be like ˹Jonah,˺ the Man of the Whale, who cried out ˹to Allah˺, in total distress.1

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Had he not been shown grace by his Lord, he would have certainly been cast onto the open ˹shore˺, still blameworthy.

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Then his Lord chose him, making him one of the righteous.

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