When the two groups came face to face, the companions of Moses cried out, “We are overtaken for sure.”
          
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          Moses reassured ˹them˺, “Absolutely not! My Lord is certainly with me—He will guide me.”
          
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          So We inspired Moses: “Strike the sea with your staff,” and the sea was split, each part was like a huge mountain.
          
            26:63
          
        
        
          We drew the pursuers to that place,
          
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          and delivered Moses and those with him all together.
          
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          Then We drowned the others.
          
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          Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
          
            26:67
          
        
        
          And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
          
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          Relate to them ˹O Prophet˺ the story of Abraham,
          
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          when he questioned his father and his people, “What is that you worship ˹besides Allah˺?”
          
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          They replied, “We worship idols, to which we are fully devoted.”
          
            26:71
          
        
        
          Abraham asked, “Can they hear you when you call upon them?
          
            26:72
          
        
        
          Or can they benefit or harm you?”
          
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          They replied, “No! But we found our forefathers doing the same.”
          
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          Abraham responded, “Have you ˹really˺ considered what you have been worshipping—
          
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          you and your ancestors?
          
            26:76
          
        
        
          They are ˹all˺ enemies to me, except the Lord of all worlds.
          
            26:77
          
        
        
          ˹He is˺ the One Who created me, and He ˹alone˺ guides me.
          
            26:78
          
        
        
          ˹He is˺ the One Who provides me with food and drink.
          
            26:79
          
        
        
          And He ˹alone˺ heals me when I am sick.
          
            26:80
          
        
        
          And He ˹is the One Who˺ will cause me to die, and then bring me back to life.
          
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          And He is ˹the One˺ Who, I hope, will forgive my flaws1 on Judgment Day.”
          
            26:82
          
        
        
          “My Lord! Grant me wisdom, and join me with the righteous.
          
            26:83