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Smoke, The Evident Smoke 44:9

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yet in [their state of] doubt they take nothing seriously

— Abdel Haleem

بَلۡ هُمۡ فِی شَكࣲّ یَلۡعَبُونَ ۝٩

bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūn

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Verses with similar phrasing (mutashabihat al-alfaz). Shared words are highlighted.

27:66 18%

بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ

bali iddāraka ʿil'muhum fī l-ākhirati bal hum fī shakkin min'hā bal hum min'hā ʿamūn

their knowledge cannot comprehend the Hereafter; they are in doubt about it; they are blind to it

38:8 17%

أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّن ذِكْرِى ۖ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِ

a-unzila ʿalayhi l-dhik'ru min bayninā bal hum fī shakkin min dhik'rī bal lammā yadhūqū ʿadhāb

Was the message sent only to him out of all of us?’ In fact they doubt My warning; in fact they have not tasted My punishment yet

50:15 14%

أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

afaʿayīnā bil-khalqi l-awali bal hum fī labsin min khalqin jadīdi

So were We incapable of the first creation? No indeed! Yet they doubt a second creation