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goldengoose05

on Feb. 1, 2022

. . . Not he that engages in quarrels, but he that is true in his speech. Not the evil fruit(?), but the poison in it. {Not they that} are placed (?) in the skies but the God {of all} worlds. Not the servant is proud, but {the lord} that is above him. Not one that is sent . . ., but the man that sent him".1 Thereupon Narīmān . . . said . . .
. . . And (in) another place I saw those that were weeping for the ruin that had befallen them, and whose cries and laments rose up to heaven.
And also I saw another place {where there were} tyrants and rulers . . . in great number, who had lived in sin and evil deeds, when . .

Middle Persian
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{Henning}