They said, ‘Moses, we will never enter while they are still there, so you and your Lord go in and fight, and we will stay here.’

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He said, ‘Lord, I have authority over no one except myself and my brother: judge between the two of us and these disobedient people.’

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God said, ‘The land is forbidden to them for forty years: they will wander the earth aimlessly. Do not grieve over those who disobey.’

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[Prophet], tell them the truth about the story of Adam’s two sons: each of them offered a sacrifice, and it was accepted from one and not the other. One said, ‘I will kill you,’ but the other said, ‘God only accepts the sacrifice of those who are mindful of Him

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If you raise your hand to kill me, I will not raise mine to kill you. I fear God, the Lord of all worlds

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and I would rather you were burdened with my sins as well as yours and became an inhabitant of the Fire: such is the evildoers’ reward.’

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But his soul prompted him to kill his brother: he killed him and became one of the losers

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God sent a raven to scratch up the ground and show him how to cover his brother’s corpse and he said, ‘Woe is me! Could I not have been like this raven and covered up my brother’s body?’ He became remorseful

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