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 Post subject: Verses 71:21-25
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2009, 07:38 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 71:21-25
PostPosted: 30 Nov 2013, 18:47 
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{71:21} Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

I suggest,
{71:21} Noah said, "My Lord, verily they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have not added to him but loss."

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{71:22} And they conspired an immense conspiracy.

I suggest,
{71:22} "And they plotted an immense plot."

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{71:23} And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa` or Yaghuth and Yaauq and Nasr.

I suggest,
{71:23} "And said, 'Do not at all abandon your gods and do not at all abandon Wadd, Suwaa`, Yaghooth, Ya`ooq and Nasr (idols).'"

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{71:24} And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

I suggest,
{71:24} "And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not add to the wrongdoers but [more] straying."

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{71:25} Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides God [any] helpers.

I suggest,
{71:25} Because of their sins, they were drowned then admitted to a Fire, and they did not find for themselves besides God [any] helpers.

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