# Kef-Te-Mim — كتم (ktm)

> Occurs in 21 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/ktm

- **Meaning:** To conceal (e.g. secret), restrain (anger), hide, keep back (evidence), hold
- **Derived forms:** كَتَمَ (21)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** تَكْتُمُونَ — taktumūna · "conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالَ يَٓا اٰدَمُ اَنْبِئْهُمْ بِاَسْمَٓائِهِمْۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَنْبَاَهُمْ بِاَسْمَٓائِهِمْۙ قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَكُمْ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَاَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ

Qala ya adamu anbi/humbi-asma-ihim falamma anbaahum bi-asma-ihim qalaalam aqul lakum innee aAAlamu ghayba assamawatiwal-ardi waaAAlamu ma tubdoona wamakuntum taktumoon

He said: “O Adam: inform thou them of their names.” And when he had informed them of their names, He said: “Said I not to you that I know the unseen of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal, and what you have concealed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-33.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ — wataktumū · "and conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Wala talbisoo alhaqqa bilbatiliwataktumoo alhaqqa waantum taAAlamoon

And clothe not truth with vanity, nor conceal the truth when you know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-42.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** تَكْتُمُونَ — taktumūna · "concealing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْساً فَادّٰرَءْتُمْ ف۪يهَاۜ وَاللّٰهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَۚ

Wa-ith qataltum nafsan faddara/tumfeeha wallahu mukhrijun ma kuntumtaktumoon

And when you killed a soul: you disputed about it, but God was to bring forth what you concealed,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-72.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 140

- **Form in this verse:** كَتَمَ — katama · "concealed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَمْ تَقُولُونَ اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْاَسْبَاطَ كَانُوا هُوداً اَوْ نَصَارٰىۜ قُلْ ءَاَنْتُمْ اَعْلَمُ اَمِ اللّٰهُۜ وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَتَمَ شَهَادَةً عِنْدَهُ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Am taqooloona inna ibraheema wa-ismaAAeelawa-ishaqa wayaAAqooba wal-asbata kanoohoodan aw nasara qul aantum aAAlamu ami Allahuwaman athlamu mimman katama shahadatanAAindahu mina Allahi wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

If you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, and Jacob and the Grandsons were such as hold to Judaism or Christians, say thou: “Know you better, or does God?” And who is more unjust than he who conceals a witness he has from God? And God is not unmindful of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-140.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 146

- **Form in this verse:** لَيَكْتُمُونَ — layaktumūna · "surely they conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اٰتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَهُمْۜ وَاِنَّ فَر۪يقاً مِنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Allatheena ataynahumualkitaba yaAArifoonahu kama yaAArifoona abnaahumwa-inna fareeqan minhum layaktumoona alhaqqa wahumyaAAlamoon

Those to whom We gave the Writ recognise it as they recognise their sons, but a faction among them conceals the truth when they know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-146.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 159

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْتُمُونَ — yaktumūna · "conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْهُدٰى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا بَيَّنَّاهُ لِلنَّاسِ فِي الْكِتَابِۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَلْعَنُهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَيَلْعَنُهُمُ اللَّاعِنُونَۙ

Inna allatheena yaktumoona maanzalna mina albayyinati walhuda minbaAAdi ma bayyannahu linnasi feealkitabi ola-ika yalAAanuhumu AllahuwayalAAanuhumu allaAAinoon

Those who conceal what We sent down of clear signs and guidance after We made it plain to men in the Writ: those are cursed by God, and cursed by those who curse,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-159.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 174

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْتُمُونَ — yaktumūna · "conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَشْتَرُونَ بِه۪ ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاًۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ ف۪ي بُطُونِهِمْ اِلَّا النَّارَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللّٰهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكّ۪يهِمْۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Inna allatheena yaktumoona maanzala Allahu mina alkitabi wayashtaroona bihithamanan qaleelan ola-ika ma ya/kuloona fee butoonihimilla annara wala yukallimuhumu Allahuyawma alqiyamati wala yuzakkeehim walahum AAathabunaleem

Those who conceal what God has sent down of the Writ and sell it at a cheap price, those eat into their bellies only fire. And God will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He increase them in purity; and they have a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-174.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 228

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْتُمْنَ — yaktum'na · "they conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, plural · present tense

وَالْمُطَلَّقَاتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِاَنْفُسِهِنَّ ثَلٰثَةَ قُرُٓوءٍۜ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ اَنْ يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ ف۪ٓي اَرْحَامِهِنَّ اِنْ كُنَّ يُؤْمِنَّ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ اَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ اِنْ اَرَادُٓوا اِصْلَاحاًۜ وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذ۪ي عَلَيْهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۖ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ۟

Walmutallaqatuyatarabbasna bi-anfusihinna thalathata quroo-in walayahillu lahunna an yaktumna ma khalaqa Allahufee arhamihinna in kunna yu/minna billahiwalyawmi al-akhiri wabuAAoolatuhunna ahaqqubiraddihinna fee thalika in aradoo islahanwalahunna mithlu allathee AAalayhinna bilmaAAroofiwalirrijali AAalayhinna darajatun wallahuAAazeezun hakeem

And divorced women shall wait by themselves three menstrual courses; and it is not lawful for them to conceal what God has created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the Last Day. And their husbands are worthier to take them back during that if they desire right ordering. And due to women is the like of what is due from them, according to what is fitting, but men have a degree over them. And God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-228.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 283

- **Form in this verse:** تَكْتُمُوا۟ — taktumū · "conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِباً فَرِهَانٌ مَقْبُوضَةٌۜ فَاِنْ اَمِنَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً فَلْيُؤَدِّ الَّذِي اؤْتُمِنَ اَمَانَتَهُ وَلْيَتَّقِ اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُۜ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا الشَّهَادَةَۜ وَمَنْ يَكْتُمْهَا فَاِنَّهُٓ اٰثِمٌ قَلْبُهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Wa-in kuntum AAala safarin walamtajidoo katiban farihanun maqboodatun fa-inamina baAAdukum baAAdan falyu-addiallatheei/tumina amanatahu walyattaqi Allaha rabbahuwala taktumoo ashshahadata waman yaktumhafa-innahu athimun qalbuhu wallahu bimataAAmaloona AAaleem

And if you are on a journey, and find not a writer, then: a pledge in hand. But if one of you trusts another, then let him who is trusted discharge his trust, and let him be in prudent fear of God, his Lord. And conceal not the witness; and he who conceals it, his heart is sinful; and God knows what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-283.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 283

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْتُمْهَا — yaktum'hā · "conceals it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِباً فَرِهَانٌ مَقْبُوضَةٌۜ فَاِنْ اَمِنَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً فَلْيُؤَدِّ الَّذِي اؤْتُمِنَ اَمَانَتَهُ وَلْيَتَّقِ اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُۜ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا الشَّهَادَةَۜ وَمَنْ يَكْتُمْهَا فَاِنَّهُٓ اٰثِمٌ قَلْبُهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Wa-in kuntum AAala safarin walamtajidoo katiban farihanun maqboodatun fa-inamina baAAdukum baAAdan falyu-addiallatheei/tumina amanatahu walyattaqi Allaha rabbahuwala taktumoo ashshahadata waman yaktumhafa-innahu athimun qalbuhu wallahu bimataAAmaloona AAaleem

And if you are on a journey, and find not a writer, then: a pledge in hand. But if one of you trusts another, then let him who is trusted discharge his trust, and let him be in prudent fear of God, his Lord. And conceal not the witness; and he who conceals it, his heart is sinful; and God knows what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-283.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَكْتُمُونَ — wataktumūna · "and conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ۟

Ya ahla alkitabi limatalbisoona alhaqqa bilbatili wataktumoonaalhaqqa waantum taAAlamoon

O doctors of the Law: why clothe you the truth in vanity and conceal the truth, when you know?

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-71.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 167

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْتُمُونَ — yaktumūna · "they conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذ۪ينَ نَافَقُواۚ وَق۪يلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا قَاتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ اَوِ ادْفَعُواۜ قَالُوا لَوْ نَعْلَمُ قِتَالاً لَاتَّبَعْنَاكُمْۜ هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ اَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلْا۪يمَانِۚ يَقُولُونَ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْ مَا لَيْسَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَۚ

WaliyaAAlama allatheena nafaqoowaqeela lahum taAAalaw qatiloo fee sabeeli Allahiawi idfaAAoo qaloo law naAAlamu qitalan lattabaAAnakumhum lilkufri yawma-ithin aqrabu minhum lil-eemaniyaqooloona bi-afwahihim ma laysa fee quloobihim wallahuaAAlamu bima yaktumoon

And that He might know the waverers. And it was said to them: “Come, fight in the cause of God; or repel.” They said: “Had we known of fighting, we would have followed you.” They were nearer to denial that day than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts; and God is most aware of what conceal

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-167.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 187

- **Form in this verse:** تَكْتُمُونَهُۥ — taktumūnahu · "conceal it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذْ اَخَذَ اللّٰهُ م۪يثَاقَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُۘ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَٓاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَاشْتَرَوْا بِه۪ ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاًۜ فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ

Wa-ith akhatha Allahumeethaqa allatheena ootoo alkitabalatubayyinunnahu linnasi wala taktumoonahufanabathoohu waraa thuhoorihim washtarawbihi thamanan qaleelan fabi/sa ma yashtaroon

And when God took an agreement of those given the Writ: “You are to make it plain to mankind, and not to conceal it,” then they cast it behind their backs, and sold it at a cheap price; and evil is what they bought.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-187.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَكْتُمُونَ — wayaktumūna · "and hide"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَيَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبُخْلِ وَيَكْتُمُونَ مَٓا اٰتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۜ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَذَاباً مُه۪يناًۚ

Allatheena yabkhaloona waya/muroona annasabilbukhli wayaktumoona ma atahumuAllahu min fadlihi waaAAtadna lilkafireenaAAathaban muheena

Those who are miserly and enjoin miserliness upon men, and conceal what God has bestowed upon them of His bounty; and We have prepared for the false claimers of guidance a humiliating punishment;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-37.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْتُمُونَ — yaktumūna · "they will (be able to) hide"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَعَصَوُا الرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوّٰى بِهِمُ الْاَرْضُۜ وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللّٰهَ حَد۪يثاً۟

Yawma-ithin yawaddu allatheenakafaroo waAAasawoo arrasoola law tusawwabihimu al-ardu wala yaktumoona Allaha hadeetha

That day, those who ignore warning and oppose the Messenger will wish that the earth might be levelled with them; and they will not conceal from God any statement.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-42.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْتُمُونَ — yaktumūna · "hiding"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّا وَقَدْ دَخَلُوا بِالْـكُفْرِ وَهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا بِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْتُمُونَ

Wa-itha jaookum qaloo amannawaqad dakhaloo bilkufri wahum qad kharajoo bihi wallahuaAAlamu bima kanoo yaktumoon

And when they come to you, they say: “We believe”; but they entered in denial, and they left in it; and God best knows what they were concealing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-61.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** تَكْتُمُونَ — taktumūna · "you conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ اِلَّا الْبَلَاغُۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ

Ma AAala arrasooli illaalbalaghu wallahu yaAAlamu matubdoona wama taktumoon

Upon the Messenger is only the notification; and God knows what you reveal and what you conceal.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-99.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 106

- **Form in this verse:** نَكْتُمُ — naktumu · "we will conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا شَهَادَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ اِذَا حَضَرَ اَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ ح۪ينَ الْوَصِيَّةِ اثْنَانِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ اَوْ اٰخَرَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ اِنْ اَنْتُمْ ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَاَصَابَتْكُمْ مُص۪يبَةُ الْمَوْتِۜ تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا مِنْ بَعْدِ الصَّلٰوةِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِاللّٰهِ اِنِ ارْتَبْتُمْ لَا نَشْتَر۪ي بِه۪ ثَمَناً وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبٰىۙ وَلَا نَكْتُمُ شَهَادَةَ اللّٰهِ اِنَّٓا اِذاً لَمِنَ الْاٰثِم۪ينَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooshahadatu baynikum itha hadara ahadakumualmawtu heena alwasiyyati ithnani thawaAAadlin minkum aw akharani min ghayrikum in antum darabtumfee al-ardi faasabatkum museebatu almawti tahbisoonahumamin baAAdi assalati fayuqsimani billahiini irtabtum la nashtaree bihi thamanan walaw kana thaqurba wala naktumu shahadata Allahiinna ithan lamina al-athimeen

O you who heed warning: a witness between you when death approaches one of you at the time of bequest is two just men among you; or two others from other than yourselves if you are travelling in the earth when the calamity of death befalls you. Detain them after the duty, and they shall swear by God, if you doubt: “We would not sell it for a price, though he were a relative, nor will we conceal the witness of God; then would we be among the sinners.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-106.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** تَكْتُمُونَ — taktumūna · "you conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ

Innahu yaAAlamu aljahra mina alqawliwayaAAlamu ma taktumoon

“He knows what is public of speech, and He knows what you conceal.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-110.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** تَكْتُمُونَ — taktumūna · "you conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ اَنْ تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتاً غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ ف۪يهَا مَتَاعٌ لَكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ

Laysa AAalaykum junahun an tadkhuloobuyootan ghayra maskoonatin feeha mataAAun lakum wallahuyaAAlamu ma tubdoona wama taktumoon

You do no wrong to enter uninhabited houses in which there is benefit for you. And God knows what you proclaim and what you conceal.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-29.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْتُمُ — yaktumu · "who conceal(ed)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُؤْمِنٌۗ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ ا۪يمَانَهُٓ اَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلاً اَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللّٰهُ وَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْۜ وَاِنْ يَكُ كَاذِباً فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُۚ وَاِنْ يَكُ صَادِقاً يُصِبْكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذ۪ي يَعِدُكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْد۪ي مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ

Waqala rajulun mu/minun min alifirAAawna yaktumu eemanahu ataqtuloona rajulan an yaqoolarabbiyya Allahu waqad jaakum bilbayyinatimin rabbikum wa-in yaku kathiban faAAalayhi kathibuhuwa-in yaku sadiqan yusibkum baAAdu allatheeyaAAidukum inna Allaha la yahdee man huwa musrifunkaththab

And there said a believing man of the house of Pharaoh who concealed his faith: “Would you kill a man because he says: ‘My Lord is God,’ and has brought you clear signs from your Lord? If he is lying, then upon him is his lie; and if he is truthful, some of what he promises you will befall you. God guides not him who is a committer of excess and a liar.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-28.md_

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