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So do not give in to the deniers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then do not obey the deniers.

— Saheeh International

They wish you would compromise so they would yield ˹to you˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].

— Saheeh International

And do not obey the despicable, vain oath-taker,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

— Saheeh International

slanderer, gossip-monger,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

— Saheeh International

withholder of good, transgressor, evildoer,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

— Saheeh International

brute, and—on top of all that—an illegitimate child.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.1

— Saheeh International

Now, ˹simply˺ because he has been blessed with ˹abundant˺ wealth and children,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

— Saheeh International

whenever Our revelations are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

— Saheeh International

We will soon mark his snout.1 

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

We will brand him upon the snout.1

— Saheeh International

Indeed, We have tested those ˹Meccans˺ as We tested the owners of the garden—when they swore they would surely harvest ˹all˺ its fruit in the early morning,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

— Saheeh International

leaving no thought for Allah’s Will.1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Without making exception.1

— Saheeh International

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