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They will say, “Before ˹this reward˺ we used to be in awe ˹of Allah˺ in the midst of our people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].

— Saheeh International

So Allah has graced us and protected us from the torment of ˹Hell’s˺ scorching heat.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.

— Saheeh International

Indeed, we used to call upon Him ˹alone˺ before. He is truly the Most Kind, Most Merciful.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Indeed, we used to supplicate¹ Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

— Saheeh International

So ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O  Prophet˺. For you, by the grace of your Lord, are not a fortune-teller or a madman.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So remind, [O Muḥammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.

— Saheeh International

Or do they say, “˹He is˺ a poet, for whom we ˹eagerly˺ await an ill-fate!”?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?¹

— Saheeh International

Say, “Keep waiting! I too am waiting with you.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."

— Saheeh International

Or do their ˹intelligent˺ minds prompt them to this ˹paradox˺?¹ Or are they ˹just˺ a transgressing people?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or do their minds¹ command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

— Saheeh International

Or do they say, “He made this ˹Quran˺ up!”? In fact, they have no faith.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

— Saheeh International

Let them then produce something like it, if what they say is true!¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.

— Saheeh International

Or were they created by nothing, or are they ˹their own˺ creators?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

— Saheeh International

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? In fact, they have no firm belief ˹in Allah˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

— Saheeh International