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 Post subject: Verses 36:59-67
PostPosted: 05 Jun 2009, 05:10 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 36:59-67
PostPosted: 29 Jan 2014, 20:57 
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{36:59} [Then He will say], "But stand apart today, you criminals.

I suggest,
{36:59} [Then He will say], "And be distinct Today, O you criminals."

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{36:60} Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy -

I suggest,
{36:60} "Did I not entrust to you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] verily, he is to you a clear enemy - "

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{36:61} And that you worship [only] Me? This is a straight path.

I suggest,
{36:61} "And that you worship [only] Me? This is a straight path."

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{36:62} And he had already led astray from among you much of creation, so did you not use reason?

I suggest,
{36:62} "And he had already led astray from among you much mob, so have you not been reasoning?"

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{36:63} This is the Hellfire which you were promised.

I suggest,
{36:63} "This is Gehenna (Hell) which you were promised."

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{36:64} [Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny."

I suggest,
{36:64} "Singe by it Today for what you have been belying."

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{36:65} That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn.

I suggest,
{36:65} Today, We seal over their mouths, and their hands [will] speak to Us, and their legs [will] testify about what they have been earning.

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{36:66} And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?

I suggest,
{36:66} And if We will, We would have smudged over their eyes, and they would have raced toward the path, but how would they see?

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{36:67} And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.

I suggest,
{36:67} And if We will, We would have deformed them, in their station, so they could not proceed, nor return.

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