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They will plead, “Our Lord! You made us lifeless twice, and gave us life twice.1 Now we confess our sins. So is there any way out?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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˹They will be told,˺ “˹No!˺ This is because when Allah alone was invoked, you ˹staunchly˺ disbelieved. But when others were associated with Him ˹in worship˺, you ˹readily˺ believed. So ˹Today˺ judgment belongs to Allah ˹alone˺—the Most High, All-Great.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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He is the One Who shows you His signs and sends down ˹rain as˺ a provision for you from the sky. ˹But˺ none will be mindful except those who turn ˹to Him˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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So call upon Allah with sincere devotion, even to the dismay of the disbelievers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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˹He is˺ Highly Exalted in rank, Lord of the Throne. He sends down the revelation by His command to whoever He wills of His servants to warn ˹all˺ of the Day of Meeting—

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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the Day all will appear ˹before Allah˺. Nothing about them will be hidden from Him. ˹He will ask,˺ “Who does all authority belong to this Day? To Allah—the One, the Supreme!1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Today every soul will be rewarded for what it has done. No injustice Today! Surely Allah is swift in reckoning.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Warn them ˹O Prophet˺ of the approaching Day when the hearts will jump into the throats, suppressing distress. The wrongdoers will have neither a close friend nor intercessor to be heard.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Allah ˹even˺ knows the sly glances of the eyes and whatever the hearts conceal.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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And Allah judges with the truth, while those ˹idols˺ they invoke besides Him cannot judge at all. Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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