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 Post subject: Verses 70:8-14
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2009, 07:43 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 70:8-14
PostPosted: 29 Nov 2013, 16:13 
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{70:8} On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

I suggest,
{70:8} [On] the Day the sky is like lava,

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{70:9} And the mountains will be like wool,

I suggest,
{70:9} And the mountains are like tuft,

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{70:10} And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

I suggest,
{70:10} And no close friend asks a close friend,

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{70:11} They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

I suggest,
{70:11} [Even as] they are shown each other. The criminal [will] wish that he could ransom himself from the torment of that Day by his children,

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{70:12} And his wife and his brother

I suggest,
{70:12} And his consort (wife) and his brother,

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{70:13} And his nearest kindred who shelter him

I suggest,
{70:13} And his clan who shelter him,

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{70:14} And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

I suggest,
{70:14} And whoever is in earth entirely then He would save him.

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