The word(s) "persists" appears 1 time(s) in 1 verse(s) in Quran in Saheeh International translation.

(1) Who hears the verses of Allah recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

(سورة الجاثية, Al-Jaathiya, Chapter #45, Verse #8)
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