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@The sons of Adam and the first act of murder 5:27-31
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5:27 Recite to them in all truth the news 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. He
said, 'I will surely kill you.' (The other) said, 'Allah accepts only from the righteous.
5:28 If you stretch your hand to kill me, I shall not stretch mine to kill you; for I fear Allah,
the Lord of the Worlds.
5:29 I would rather you bear my sin and your sin and become among the inhabitants of
Hell. Such is the recompense of the harm doers.'
5:30 His soul made it seem fair to him to slay his brother; he killed him and became one of
the lost.
5:31 Then Allah sent down a crow, which dug the earth to show him how to bury the
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5:27 Recite to them in all truth the news 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. He
said, 'I will surely kill you.' (The other) said, 'Allah accepts only from the righteous.
5:28 If you stretch your hand to kill me, I shall not stretch mine to kill you; for I fear Allah,
the Lord of the Worlds.
5:29 I would rather you bear my sin and your sin and become among the inhabitants of
Hell. Such is the recompense of the harm doers.'
5:30 His soul made it seem fair to him to slay his brother; he killed him and became one of
the lost.
5:31 Then Allah sent down a crow, which dug the earth to show him how to bury the