تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Tad'oo man adbara wa tawallaa
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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Paradise & Hell
70:17Ayah 144
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it will call him who turned his back and ignored faith saying to him ‘To me! to me come hither!’
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