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So We answered his prayer and removed his adversity, and gave him back his family, twice as many, as a mercy from Us and a lesson for the ˹devoted˺ worshippers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allah].

— Saheeh International

And ˹remember˺ Ishmael, Enoch, and Ⱬul-Kifl.¹ They were all steadfast.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.

— Saheeh International

We admitted them into Our mercy, for they were truly of the righteous.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.

— Saheeh International

And ˹remember˺ when the Man of the Whale stormed off ˹from his city˺ in a rage, thinking We would not restrain him.¹ Then in the ˹veils of˺ darkness² he cried out, “There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except You. Glory be to You! I have certainly done wrong.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger¹ and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.² And he called out within the darknesses,³ "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

— Saheeh International

So We answered his prayer and rescued him from anguish. And so do We save the ˹true˺ believers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

— Saheeh International

And ˹remember˺ when Zachariah cried out to his Lord, “My Lord! Do not leave me childless, though You are the Best of Successors.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."

— Saheeh International

So We answered his prayer, granted him John, and made his wife fertile. Indeed, they used to race in doing good, and call upon Us with hope and fear, totally humbling themselves before Us.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate¹ Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

— Saheeh International

And ˹remember˺ the one who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her through Our angel, ˹Gabriel,˺¹ making her and her son a sign for all peoples.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.

— Saheeh International

˹O prophets!˺ Indeed, this religion of yours is ˹only˺ one, and I am your Lord, so worship Me ˹alone˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Indeed this, your religion, is one religion,¹ and I am your Lord, so worship Me.

— Saheeh International

Yet the people have divided it into sects. But to Us they will all return.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves,¹ [but] all to Us will return.

— Saheeh International

So whoever does good and is a believer will never be denied ˹the reward for˺ their striving, for We are recording it all.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort,¹ and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.

— Saheeh International