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239                     Ta Ha                 20:108
                                  prevented you, when you saw history of past events, and We
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                                  that they had gone astray,  from have given you a reminder [the
                                  following me? Why did you Quran] from Us.  100  Whoever
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                                  disobey my command?’  Aaron turns away from it will bear a
                                  said, ‘Son of my mother! Do not heavy burden on the Day of
                                  seize me by my beard nor by my Judgement,  101 which they shall
                                  head. I was afraid that you would bear forever. It will be a grievous
                                  say, “You have caused dissension burden for them on the Day of
                                  among the Children of Israel and Judgement,  102  the Day when the
                                  did not pay heed to my words.”’ trumpet shall be blown: We shall
                                    95 Moses said, ‘What was the gather all the sinners on that
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                                  matter with you, Samiri?’  He Day.  Their eyes will turn blue
                                  said, ‘I perceived what they did with terror  103  and they shall
                                  not see. So I took a handful [of murmur to one another, ‘You
                                  dust] from the footprint of the stayed only ten days on the
                                  Messenger and threw it in [the earth’— 104  We know best what
                                  calf]. That is what my inner self they will say. The most perceptive
                                  prompted me to do.’  97  Moses of them will say, ‘You stayed
                                  said, ‘Begone! It shall be your only one day.’
                                  lot to say throughout your life,  105  They ask you about the
                                  “Do not touch me,” and you will mountains. Say, ‘My Lord will
                                  be faced with a fate from which scatter them as dust  106  and leave
                                  there will be no escape. Now the earth level and bare,  107  with
                                  look at your deity to which you neither hollows nor upthrust
                                  have become so devoted: we mounds to be seen.  108  On
                                  shall burn it up, and then scatter that Day all will follow the
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                                  it into the sea.  Your only deity summoning voice from which
                                  is God, there is no deity but Him. there is no escape; and all voices
                                  His knowledge encompasses all will be hushed before the Lord
                                  things.’                   of Mercy, and nothing will be
                                    99 Thus We relate to you the heard except a subdued murmur.
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