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« sentence, so the two verses read as follows: And had he not been one of those who glorify God,  he would have tarried in its belly until the Day when they are raised [37:143–4]. 167 38 Ṣād His words, Exalted is He: [38:1] Ṣād. By the Qurʾān endowed with the Remembrance! He said: That is, endowed with healing power (al-shaʾn al-shāfī) and sufficient admonition (al-waʿẓ al-kāfī). His words: [38:6] …‘Walk away! And stand by (iṣbirū) your gods’…1 He said: This is the reprehensible form of forbearance (ṣabr),2 for which God has reprimanded the disbelievers. Indeed, I heard him [Sahl] say: »