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“Certainly it is Allaah Who is truth and whatever you worship beside
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Him is falsehood.”

Allaah refers to the Qur’aan as truth:

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“I revealed the Book to you in truth.”

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“What I have revealed to you of the Book is the truth, confirming that which
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preceded it.”

And Allaah specifically states that the stories which He relates are true:

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“I recite to you the true story of Moosaa and Pharoaoh.”

Likewise, Allaah repudiates the idea that these narratives are invented. At the end
of the story of Yoosuf and his brothers, He says,

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Soorah al-Hajj (22):62.
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Soorah al-Maa’idah (5):48.
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Soorah Faatir (35):31.
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Soorah al-Qasas (28):3.

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