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The Deserts in Literature, II

Qur'an Image, Chapter 39, Verse 21

Do you not see that God sends down water from the sky, then makes it flow in rills on the earth, and brings forth corn from it which, having passed through changes of shade and colour, comes to ripen, and you see it autumnal yellow; then he reduces it to chaff. There are indeed lessons in this for those who are wise. (Ali 1998, 39: 21)

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