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There is not any means ˹of sustenance˺ whose reserves We do not hold, only bringing it forth in precise measure.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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We send fertilizing winds, and bring down rain from the sky for you to drink. It is not you who hold its reserves.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

٢٣
Surely it is We Who give life and cause death. And We are the ˹Eternal˺ Successor.1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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We certainly know those who have gone before you and those who will come after ˹you˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ will gather them together ˹for judgment˺. He is truly All-Wise, All-Knowing.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Indeed, We created man from sounding clay moulded from black mud.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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As for the jinn, We created them earlier from smokeless fire.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

٢٨
˹Remember, O  Prophet˺ when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from sounding clay moulded from black mud.1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

٢٩
So when I have fashioned him and had a spirit of My Own ˹creation˺ breathed into him, fall down in prostration to him.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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So the angels prostrated all together—

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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