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 Post subject: Verses 59:15-17
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2009, 08:15 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 59:15-17
PostPosted: 19 Nov 2013, 21:20 
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{59:15} [Theirs is] like the example of those shortly before them: they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

I suggest,
{59:15} [Theirs is] like the example of those before them earlier: they tasted the fallout of their affair, and for them is a painful torment.

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{59:16} [The hypocrites are] like the example of Satan when he says to man, "Disbelieve." But when he disbelieves, he says, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I fear God, Lord of the worlds."

I suggest,
{59:16} [The hypocrites are] like the example of Satan as he says to man, "Disbelieve." But once he disbelieves, he says, "Verily, I am absolved of you. Verily, I fear God, Lord of the worlds."

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{59:17} So the outcome for both of them is that they will be in the Fire, abiding eternally therein. And that is the recompense of the wrong-doers.

I suggest,
{59:17} So the consequence for both of them was that they are in the Fire, staying eternally therein. And that is the recompense of the wrongdoers.

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