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XIV, 40-47.
THE CHAPTER OF ABRAHAM.
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[40] O our Lord! verily, I have made some of my seed dwell in a valley without corn, by thy Sacred House 1. O our Lord! let them be steadfast in prayer and make the hearts of men yearn towards them, and provide them with fruits, haply they may give thanks.
O our Lord! verily, Thou knowest what we hide and what we publish ; for naught is hid from God in the earth or in the sky. Praise to God who hath bestowed on me, notwithstanding my old age, Ishmael and Isaac !-verily, my Lord surely hears prayer.
O my Lord! make me steadfast in prayer, and of my seed likewise! O our Lord! and accept my prayer! O our Lord! pardon me and my parents and the believers on the reckoning day!'
So think not God careless of what the unjust do; He only respites them until the day on which all eyes shall stare!
Hurrying on, raising up their heads, with their looks not turned back to them, and their hearts void ; and warn men of the day when the torment shall come!
[45] And those who have done wrong shall say, O our Lord! respite us until an appointed time nigh at hand, and we will respond to Thy call, and follow the apostles !' - What! did ye not swear before, ye should have no decline ?'
And ye dwelt in the dwellings of those who had wronged themselves; and it was made plain to you how we did with them; and we struck out parables
1 The Kaabah at Mecca. * I.e. with their looks fixed straight in front of them through terror.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |