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Sara - there is difference in Arabic in writing Low or near
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in response to reader comment: WRONG Samer- JERUSALEM is NEVER mentioned in the Quran!!
Submitted by Samer Sukhun (United Arab Emirates), May 1, 2008 at 22:49
Arabic lexicon shows that there is a distinct difference between
: dany with Ya' and dana with A; making the former to
signify "low, ignoble, or mean;"
latter,-; with a [app. as meaning
' ;) and thenear].The word used in the Quran is the former word with Ya
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