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 Post subject: Verses 83:29-36
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2009, 05:51 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 83:29-36
PostPosted: 14 Dec 2013, 21:16 
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{83:29} Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

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{83:29} Verily, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

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{83:30} And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

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{83:30} And when they passed by them, they would wink one another.

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{83:31} And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

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{83:31} And when they had bounced back to their people, they bounced back jesting.

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{83:32} And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

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{83:32} And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Verily, these surely are stray."

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{83:33} But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

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{83:33} But they had not been sent over them as keepers.

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{83:34} So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

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{83:34} So Today, those who have believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

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{83:35} On adorned couches, observing.

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{83:35} On couches, looking,

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{83:36} Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

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{83:36} Have the disbelievers been requited [for] what they used to do?

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