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An-Nisa · Al-Isra
Both command worshipping Allah alone and treating parents with goodness (ihsan) — 4:36 says 'u'budu Allah wa la tushrikuu bihi... wa bil-walidayni ihsana' while 17:23 says 'alla ta'budu illa iyyahu wa bil-walidayni ihsana' with a different construction.
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Al-An'am · Al-Isra
Both forbid killing children out of poverty but 6:151 says 'min imlaq' (from current poverty) while 17:31 says 'khashyata imlaq' (fearing future poverty) — a significant difference in meaning.
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Al-An'am · Al-Isra
Both contain 'do not approach the orphan's property except in the best way until he reaches maturity'; 6:152 appears in a ten-command ethical list at the end of Al-An'am, 17:34 stands as a standalone injunction with the same wording.
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Yunus · Al-Kahf
Both use the same parable: 'the example of worldly life is like rain We send down from the sky; the vegetation of the earth mingles with it then it withers'; 10:24 develops the metaphor fully, 18:45 gives a compressed version.
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Al-Isra · Al-Kahf
Both end with giving glad tidings to the believers but 17:9 uses 'yubashiru' (indicative) while 18:2 uses 'yubashira' (subjunctive) — a single vowel difference in the verb form.
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Al-Isra · Fussilat
Verbatim: 'when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and withdraws to the side; and when evil touches him, he is in despair'; both observe human ingratitude and despair as a recurring flaw -- 17:83 in Al-Isra, 41:51 in Fussilat.
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Al-Kahf · Al-Insan
18:29 'fa man sha'a fa l-yu'min wa man sha'a fa l-yakfur' and 76:3 'inna hadaynahu al-sabil imma shakiran wa imma kafura' both state that guidance is given and humans choose — one in a threat context, the other in a declaration of human freedom.
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Al-Kahf · Al-Kahf
Khidr's repeated reproach to Musa — 18:72 says 'alam aqul innaka lan tastati'a' while 18:75 adds 'laka' after 'aqul', a single word difference tested in tajwid revision.