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And whentouches youthe hardshipinthe sealost(are) whoyou callexceptﱊﱋHim AloneBut whenHe delivers youtothe landﱐﱑyou turn awayAnd ismanungrateful(67)

When you are touched with hardship at sea, you ˹totally˺ forget all ˹the gods˺ you ˹normally˺ invoke, except Him. But when He delivers you ˹safely˺ to shore, you turn away. Humankind is ever ungrateful.

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Do you then feel securethat (not)He will cause to swallowyouside(of) the landorsendagainst youa storm of stonesThennotyou will findfor youa guardian(68)

Do you feel secure that He will not cause the land to swallow you up, or unleash upon you a storm of stones? Then you will find none to protect you.

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Ordo you feel securethat (not)He will send you backinto itanother timeanother timeand sendupon youa hurricaneofthe windand drown youbecauseyou disbelievedThennotyou will findfor youagainst Usthereinan avenger(69)

Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back to sea once again, and send upon you a violent storm, drowning you for your denial? Then you will find none to avenge you against Us.

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ﱽ ﱾAnd certainlyﱿWe have honored(the) children of Adam(the) children of Adamand We carried themonthe landand the seaand We have provided themofthe good thingsand We preferred themovermanyof those whomWe have created(with) preference(70)

Indeed, We have dignified the children of Adam, carried them on land and sea, granted them good and lawful provisions, and privileged them far above many of Our creatures.

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(The) DayWe will callallhuman beingsﲔﲕwith their recordthen whoeveris givenhis recordin his right handthen thosewill readtheir recordsand notthey will be wronged(even as much as) a hair on a date seed(71)

˹Beware of˺ the Day We will summon every people with their leader.1 So whoever will be given their record in their right hand will read it ˹happily˺ and will not be wronged ˹even by the width of˺ the thread of a date stone.

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And whoeverisinthis (world)blindthen heinthe Hereafter(will be) blindand more astray(from the) path(72)

But whoever is blind ˹to the truth˺ in this ˹world˺ will be blind in the Hereafter, and ˹even˺ far more astray from the ˹Right˺ Way.

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And indeedthey were about (to)tempt you awayfromthat whichWe revealedto youthat you inventabout Usﲶﲷother (than) itAnd thensurely they would take you(as) a friend(73)

They definitely ˹thought they˺ were about to lure you away from what We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺, hoping that you would attribute something else to Us falsely—and then they would have certainly taken you as a close friend.1

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And if not[that]We (had) strengthened youﲿcertainlyyou almost(would) have inclinedto them(in) somethinga little(74)

Had We not made you steadfast, you probably would have inclined to them a little,

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ThenWe (would) have made you tastedouble(in) the lifeand double(after) the deathThennotyou (would) have foundfor youagainst Usany helper(75)

and then We truly would have made you taste double ˹punishment˺ both in this life and after death, and you would have found no helper against Us.