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Al-Baqarah · Al-A'raf
Both contain the command to Adam and his wife in the garden: 'wherever you wish, but do not approach this tree lest you be among the wrongdoers'; 2:35 is the brief account, 7:19 comes in the expanded garden narrative.
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Al-Baqarah · Al-A'raf
Both contain the expulsion command after Adam's disobedience: 'descend, some of you enemies to others; in the earth is a place of settlement and provision for a time'; 2:36 is the brief account, 7:24 is within the expanded narrative.
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Al-An'am · Al-An'am
Adjacent verses in Al-An'am applying the identical rhetorical challenge -- 'is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or what the wombs of the two females contain?' -- first to sheep and goats (6:143) then to camels and cattle (6:144).
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Al-An'am · An-Nahl
Both share the duress exception clause for the same list of prohibitions; see also 2:173/16:115 (batch 4) -- 6:145 frames the list as a response to 'what has Allah forbidden you,' 16:115 is the direct restatement.
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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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Al-An'am · Az-Zumar
Both contain 'no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another, then to your Lord is your return and He will inform you of what you used to do'; 6:164 closes the chapter's ethical commands, 39:7 is embedded in an address on gratitude.
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Al-A'raf · Sad
Verbatim quote of Iblees's arrogance: 'He said: I am better than him; You created me from fire and created him from clay'; 7:12 is in the Al-A'raf account of the prostration, 38:76 reprises the same dialogue in Sad.
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Al-A'raf · Yunus
Verbatim rhetorical question: 'who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or denies His signs?'; 7:37 condemns those who reject the messengers, 10:17 addresses the accusation that the Prophet fabricated the Quran.
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Al-A'raf · Al-A'raf
Consecutive penalty verses for those who deny the signs — 7:40 ends with 'wa kadhalika najzi al-mujrimin' and 7:41 ends with 'wa kadhalika najzi al-zalimin' — a single word difference (mujrimin vs zalimin) in back-to-back verse endings.
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Al-A'raf · Hud
Shared description: 'those who obstruct Allah's path and seek to make it crooked, and who disbelieve in the Hereafter'; 7:45 places them at the Fire scene, 11:19 introduces them as those who turn away from Allah's mercy.
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Al-A'raf · Yunus
Both open with Allah creating the heavens and earth in six days then establishing on the Throne. 7:54 continues with the night covering the day in swift pursuit; 10:3 continues with 'He directs all affairs' (يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ).
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Al-A'raf · Al-Hadid
Both open with 'who created the heavens and earth in six days then established Himself above the Throne'; see also 10:3/57:4 and the 25:59/32:4 pair (batch 4) for the wider cluster of this creation formula.
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Al-A'raf · Al-A'raf
Adjacent prophet-stories within Al-A'raf sharing the same surprised-people formula: 'do you wonder that a reminder came to you from your Lord upon a man from among you to warn you?'; 7:63 is Nuh's response to his people, 7:69 is Hud's.
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Al-A'raf · Hud
Both narrate Hud's call to Ad to worship Allah alone. 7:65 ends 'will you not fear?' (أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ); 11:50 ends 'you are only fabricators' (إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ).
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Al-A'raf · Al-A'raf
Salih (to Thamud) and Shu'ayb (to Madyan) both open with the same call: worship Allah alone, a clear proof has come from your Lord. Each continues with prophet-specific content.
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Al-A'raf · Hud
Both introduce Salih sent to Thamud with the same opening call to worship Allah alone; 7:73 continues with the she-camel as a sign, 11:61 continues with 'He produced you from the earth and settled you in it.'
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Al-A'raf · Hud
Both warn Thamud about the she-camel of Allah as a sign for them. 7:73 threatens 'a painful punishment' (عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ); 11:64 threatens 'an imminent punishment' (عَذَابٌ قَرِيبٌ).
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Al-A'raf · Al-A'raf
The earthquake-destruction formula: 'the earthquake seized them and they became in their dwelling lying prone (jathameen)'; 7:78 is the fate of Thamud after rejecting Salih, 7:91 is the identical fate of Madyan after rejecting Shu'ayb.
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Al-A'raf · Al-'Ankabut
The earthquake-destruction formula: 'the earthquake seized them and they became in their dwelling lying prone'; 7:78 is Thamud/Salih, 29:37 is Madyan/Shu'ayb; see also 7:91/29:37 and 7:78/7:91 (batch 6).
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Al-A'raf · An-Naml
Both describe Lot's people approaching men with desire but 7:81 ends with 'musrifun' (transgressors) while 27:55 ends with 'tajhalun' (acting ignorantly).
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Al-A'raf · Hud
Both introduce Shu'ayb sent to Madyan with the same call to worship Allah alone; 7:85 continues with commands to fill the measure and scale justly, 11:84 echoes the same economic injunctions.