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 Post subject: Verses 29:63-64
PostPosted: 05 Jun 2009, 05:51 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 29:63-64
PostPosted: 04 May 2010, 06:36 
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{29:63} And if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say "God." Say, "Praise to God"; but most of them do not reason.

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{29:63} And if you asked them, "Who has been sending down from the sky water and gave life thereby to the earth after its death?", they would surely say "God." Say, "Praise is to God"; but most of them do not reason.

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{29:64} And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.

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{29:64} And this the nearest life is not but diversion and play. And verily, the Lasting Home - it surely is the Life, if only they knew.

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