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Or have they taken gods from the earth, who can raise the dead?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

— Saheeh International

Had there been other gods besides Allah in the heavens or the earth, both ˹realms˺ would have surely been corrupted. So Glorified is Allah, Lord of the Throne, far above what they claim.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

— Saheeh International

He cannot be questioned about what He does, but they will ˹all˺ be questioned.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

— Saheeh International

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Or have they taken other gods besides Him? Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Show ˹me˺ your proof. Here is ˹the Quran,˺ the Reminder for those with me; along with ˹earlier Scriptures,˺ the Reminder for those before me.”1 But most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me."1 But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.

— Saheeh International

We never sent a messenger before you ˹O Prophet˺ without revealing to him: “There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Me, so worship Me ˹alone˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

— Saheeh International

And they say, “The Most Compassionate has offspring!”1 Glory be to Him! In fact, those ˹angels˺ are only ˹His˺ honoured servants,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they1 are [but] honored servants.

— Saheeh International

who do not speak until He has spoken, ˹only˺ acting at His command.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

— Saheeh International

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He ˹fully˺ knows what is ahead of them and what is behind them. They do not intercede except for whom He approves, and they tremble in awe of Him.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,1 and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

— Saheeh International

Whoever of them were to say, “I am a god besides Him,” they would be rewarded with Hell by Us. This is how We reward the wrongdoers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

— Saheeh International

Do the disbelievers not realize that the heavens and earth were ˹once˺ one mass then We split them apart?1 And We created from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

— Saheeh International

And We have placed firm mountains upon the earth so it does not shake with them, and made in it broad pathways so they may find their way.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.

— Saheeh International

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