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in a well-preserved Record,1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

In a Register well-protected;1.

— Saheeh International

touched by none except the purified ˹angels˺.1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

None touch it except the purified [i.e., the angels].

— Saheeh International

˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

— Saheeh International

How can you then take this message lightly,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

— Saheeh International

and repay ˹Allah for˺ your provisions with denial?1 

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?

— Saheeh International

Why then ˹are you helpless˺ when the soul ˹of a dying person˺ reaches ˹their˺ throat,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then why, when it [i.e., the soul at death] reaches the throat

— Saheeh International

while you are looking on?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And you are at that time looking on -

— Saheeh International

And We are nearer to such a person than you, but you cannot see.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

— Saheeh International

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Now, if you are not subject to Our Will ˹as you claim˺,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

— Saheeh International

bring that soul back, if what you say is true.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Bring it back,1 if you should be truthful?

— Saheeh International

So, if the deceased is one of those brought near ˹to Us˺,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And if he [i.e., the deceased] was of those brought near [to Allah],

— Saheeh International

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