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Aya 27
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۞ وَاتلُ عَلَيهِم نَبَأَ ابنَي آدَمَ بِالحَقِّ إِذ قَرَّبا قُربانًا فَتُقُبِّلَ مِن أَحَدِهِما وَلَم يُتَقَبَّل مِنَ الآخَرِ قالَ لَأَقتُلَنَّكَ ۖ قالَ إِنَّما يَتَقَبَّلُ اللَّهُ مِنَ المُتَّقينَ

N. J. Dawood

Recount to them in all truth the story of Adam’s two sons: how they each made an offering, and how the offering of the one was accepted while that of the other was not. One said: ‘I will surely kill you.’ The other replied: ‘God accepts offerings only from the righteous.