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14. THE COMMON GROUND
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2020-10-16 19:59:59“We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.” (QURAN 41:53)
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"What the hell are you doing?!"
My gaze fell to my hand in his tight grip, before wandering towards the other guy whom he had just now addressed so cordially.
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