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! ! 400 َﺗ ِﺤ َّﻴ ًﺔ ِﻓ ۡﻴ َﻬ ﺎ ُﻳ َﻠ َّﻘ ۡﻮ َن َو َﺻ َُرب ۡو ا ِﺑ َﻤ ﺎ ا ۡﻟ ُﻐ ۡﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ُﻳ ۡﺠ َﺰ ۡو َن ُا و ﻟ l mِ َﻚ َﺳ ٰﻠ ًﻤ ﺎ َّو ُﻣ َﻘ ﺎ ًﻣ ﺎ َّو ُﻣ ۡﺴ َﺘ َﻘ ًّﺮ ا َﺣ ُﺴ َﻨ ۡﺖ n ِﻓ ۡﻴ َﻬ ﺎ ٰﺧ ِِ ۡﻳ َﻦ َﻓ َﺴ ۡﻮ َف َﻛ َّﺬ ۡﺑ ُﺘ ۡﻢ َﻓ َﻘ ۡﺪ s ُد َﻋ ﺂ ُؤ ُﻛ ۡﻢ َﻻ َﻟ ۡﻮ َر ِّۡ ِﺑ ُﻜ ۡﻢ َﻳ ۡﻌ َﺒ ُﺆ ا َﻣ ﺎ ُﻗ ۡﻞ ِﻟ َﺰ ا ًﻣ ﺎ َﻳ ُﻜ ۡﻮ ُن After this, he s aid : “ And those who bear not false witness, and when they pass by anything vain, they pass on with dignity; And those who, when they are reminded of the Signs of their Lord, fall not down thereat deaf and blind; And those who say, ‘ Our Lord, grant us of our wives and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous. ’ It is such as will be rewarded with lofty chambers in Paradise, because they were steadfast, and they will be received therein with greeting and peace, abiding therein. Excellent it is as a place of rest and as an abode. Say to the disbelievers, ‘ But for your prayer to Him my Lord would not care for you. Y ou have indeed rejected the truth , and the punishment of your rejection will now cleave to you. ’ ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 25: V. 73 - 78) Some maladies are more common in one nation than the other. F or example, in our country hundreds of murders are committed every year. A man grows the slightest bit angry, and he picks up a n axe and cuts off the head of an other. Disputes arise over land, marriage, or business deals and m urders are committed as a result. Such behavior is rare among women. Compared to the hundreds of men given the death penalty over the course of a year , only one woman may be punished for this crime. However, there are some behaviors which are more common in women. Just as violence is more common in men, telling lies is more common in women. W here