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He replied, “Allah says, ‘It should have been used neither to till the soil nor water the fields; wholesome and without blemish.’” They said, “Now you have come with the truth.” Yet they still slaughtered it hesitantly!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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˹This is˺ when a man was killed and you disputed who the killer was, but Allah revealed what you concealed.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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So We instructed, “Strike the dead body with a piece of the cow.” This is how ˹easily˺ Allah brings the dead to life, showing you His signs so that you may understand.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Even then your hearts became hardened like a rock or even harder, for some rocks gush rivers; others split, spilling water; while others are humbled in awe of Allah. And Allah is never unaware of what you do.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Do you ˹believers still˺ expect them to be true to you, though a group of them would hear the word of Allah then knowingly corrupt it after understanding it?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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When they meet the believers they say, “We believe.” But in private they say ˹to each other˺, “Will you disclose to the believers the knowledge Allah has revealed to you,1 so that they may use it against you before your Lord? Do you not understand?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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Do they not know that Allah is aware of what they conceal and what they reveal?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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And among them are the illiterate who know nothing about the Scripture except lies, and ˹so˺ they ˹wishfully˺ speculate.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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So woe1 to those who distort the Scripture with their own hands then say, “This is from Allah”—seeking a fleeting gain! So woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they have earned.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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˹Some of˺ the Jews claim, “The Fire will not touch us except for a number of days.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Have you taken a pledge from Allah—for Allah never breaks His word—or are you ˹just˺ saying about Allah what you do not know?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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