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Ali Quli Qara'i
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Certainly you were longing for death before you had encountered it. Then certainly you saw it, as you looked on.
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Pickthal
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And verily ye used to wish for death before ye met it (in the field). Now ye have seen it with your eyes!
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Shakir
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And certainly you desired death before you met it, so indeed you have seen it and you look (at it)
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Yusufali
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Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: Now ye have seen him with your own eyes, (And ye flinch!)
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