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Truth and falsehood

Truth and falsehood are contrasted in these passages.

Reading 1 · 17:81

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وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا

And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.

Marmaduke Pickthall · Quran 17:81

Reading 2 · 21:18

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بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye ascribe (unto Him).

Marmaduke Pickthall · Quran 21:18

Reading 3 · 10:32

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فَذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ ٱلْحَقِّ إِلَّا ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ

Such then is Allah, your rightful Lord. After the Truth what is there saving error? How then are ye turned away!

Marmaduke Pickthall · Quran 10:32

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