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- verb archaic Third-person singular present simple form of
decree
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Examples
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Pen runneth with that He decreeth and nought will serve us but patience: haply Allah (extolled and exalted be He!) who hath saddened us shall gladden us!
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Now Allah, the Decreer who decreeth all things and who for every effect appointeth a cause, had so disposed that the Caliph was at that moment sitting in the light of the moon at one of the windows of his palace overlooking the Tigris.
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So glory be to the Living One who dieth not, who createth all creatures and decreeth to them death and who is the
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Whereupon quoth the Caliph, There is no god but the God! Glory be to Him who decreeth change upon change and is Himself the
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She gave me leave; so I entered and saluting her, said, ‘Verily Allah ordereth the lives of all creatures by His commandment and when He decreeth aught, there is no escaping its fulfilment; nor can any soul depart but by leave of Allah, according to the Writ which affirmeth the appointed term.’
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Neither is there refuge nor fleeing from that which He decreeth!
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Raca denotes indeed morosity, and lightness of manners and life: but fool judgeth bitterly of the spiritual and eternal state, and decreeth a man to certain destruction.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Ans. That the unchangeableness of God, which is mentioned in this text, hath relation to the decrees of God is granted; whatever, then, God purposeth or decreeth is put upon a certainty of accomplishment upon the account of his unchangeableness.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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Y: To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: When He decreeth a matter, He saith to it: "Be," and it is.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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