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15. Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatuna bayyinatin qala allatheena la yarjoona liqaana i/ti
biqur-anin ghayri hatha aw baddilhu qul ma yakoonu lee an obaddilahu min tilqa-i nafsee
in attabiAAu illa ma yooha ilayya innee akhafu in AAasaytu rabbee AAathaba yawmin
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15. But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who rest not their hope on
their meeting with Us, Say: "Bring us a reading other than this, or change this," Say: "It is
not for me, of my own accord, to change it: I follow naught but what is revealed unto me:
if I were to disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the penalty of a Great Day (to come)."
16. Qul law shaa Allahu ma talawtuhu AAalaykum wala adrakum bihi faqad labithtu
feekum AAumuran min qablihi afala taAAqiloon
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16. Say: "If Allah had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to you, nor would He have
made it known to you. A whole life-time before this have I tarried amongst you: will ye
not then understand?"
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