Muhammad

As for those who are ˹rightly˺ guided, He increases them in guidance and blesses them with righteousness.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Are they only waiting for the Hour to take them by surprise? Yet ˹some of˺ its signs have already come.¹ Once it actually befalls them, will it not be too late to be mindful?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So, know ˹well, O  Prophet,˺ that there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Allah. And seek forgiveness for your shortcomings¹ and for ˹the sins of˺ the believing men and women. For Allah ˹fully˺ knows your movements and places of rest ˹O people˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And the believers say, “If only a sûrah was revealed ˹allowing self-defence˺!” Yet when a precise sûrah is revealed, in which fighting is ˹explicitly˺ mentioned, you see those with sickness in their hearts staring at you like someone in the throes of death. It would have been better for them

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

to obey and speak rightly. Then when fighting was ordained, it surely would have been better for them if they were true to Allah.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Now if you ˹hypocrites˺ turn away, perhaps you would then spread corruption throughout the land and sever your ˹ties of˺ kinship!¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

These are the ones who Allah has condemned, deafening them and blinding their eyes.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Do they not then reflect on the Quran? Or are there locks upon their hearts?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Indeed, those who relapse ˹into disbelief˺ after ˹true˺ guidance has become clear to them, ˹it is˺ Satan ˹that˺ has tempted them, luring them with false hopes.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

That is because they said ˹privately˺ to those who ˹also˺ detest what Allah has revealed, “We will obey you in some matters.”¹ But Allah ˹fully˺ knows what they are hiding.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then how ˹horrible˺ will it be when the angels take their souls, beating their faces and backs!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran