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لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ
that none can touch except the purified ones –
شرح ومعانٍ · ١
- i.e., angels. It refutes the claim of the pagans that the Qur’an was sent down by devils. (See 26:210-212). Based on this verse, many Muslim jurists held that one should perform ablution prior to reading the Qur’an.