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 Post subject: Verses 12:67-68
PostPosted: 06 Jun 2009, 07:41 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 12:67-68
PostPosted: 03 Feb 2010, 21:48 
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{12:67} And he said, "O my sons, do not enter from one gate but enter from different gates; and I cannot avail you against [the decree of] God at all. The decision is only for God; upon Him I have relied, and upon Him let those who would rely [indeed] rely."

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{12:67} And he said, "O my sons, do not enter from one gate but enter from different gates; and I cannot avail you against [the decree of] God at all. Judgment belongs only to God; upon Him I have relied, and upon Him should rely the reliant."

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 12:67-68
PostPosted: 29 Mar 2010, 01:20 
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Linguistic wrote:
I suggest,
{12:67} And he said, "O my sons, do not enter from one gate but enter from different gates; and I cannot avail you against [the decree of] God at all. Judgment belongs only to God; upon Him I have relied, and upon Him should rely the reliant."

I suggest "separate gates"

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 12:67-68
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{12:68} And when they entered from where their father had ordered them, it did not avail them against God at all except [it was] a need within the soul of Jacob, which he satisfied. And indeed, he was a possessor of knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most of the people do not know.

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{12:68} And when they entered from where their father had ordered them, it did not avail them against [the decree of] God at all except [it was] a need within the soul of Jacob, which he fulfilled. And indeed, he was a possessor of knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most of the people do not know.

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 12:67-68
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I like both suggestions. Thanks.

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