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near which is the Garden of ˹Eternal˺ Residence—

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -

— Saheeh International

while the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with ˹heavenly˺ splendours!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].1

— Saheeh International

The ˹Prophet’s˺ sight never wandered, nor did it overreach.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

— Saheeh International

He certainly saw some of his Lord’s greatest signs.1 

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

— Saheeh International

Now, have you considered ˹the idols of˺ Lât and ’Uzza,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

— Saheeh International

and the third one, Manât, as well?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And Manāt, the third - the other one?1

— Saheeh International

Do you ˹prefer to˺ have sons while ˹you attribute˺ to Him daughters?1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

— Saheeh International

Then this is ˹truly˺ a biased distribution!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

That, then, is an unjust division.1

— Saheeh International

These ˹idols˺ are mere names that you and your forefathers have made up1—a practice Allah has never authorized. They follow nothing but ˹inherited˺ assumptions and whatever ˹their˺ souls desire, although ˹true˺ guidance has already come to them from their Lord.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.

— Saheeh International

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Or should every person ˹simply˺ have whatever ˹intercessors˺ they desire?1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

— Saheeh International

In fact, to Allah ˹alone˺ belongs this world and the next.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

— Saheeh International

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