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He cried, “My Lord! I have surely called my people day and night,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.

— Saheeh International

but my calls only made them run farther away.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

But my invitation increased them not except in flight [i.e., aversion].

— Saheeh International

And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You, they press their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their clothes, persist ˹in denial˺, and act very arrogantly.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments,1 persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.

— Saheeh International

Then I certainly called them openly,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then I invited them publicly.

— Saheeh International

then I surely preached to them publicly and privately,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

— Saheeh International

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saying, ‘Seek your Lord’s forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

— Saheeh International

He will shower you with abundant rain,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

— Saheeh International

supply you with wealth and children, and give you gardens as well as rivers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.

— Saheeh International

What is the matter with you that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur

— Saheeh International

when He truly created you in stages ˹of development˺?1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

While He has created you in stages?1

— Saheeh International

Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers1

— Saheeh International

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