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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forAl-Jasiyah
Lit. "The Kneeling." A title given to the XLVth Surah of the Qur’an, in which the expression occurs (verse 26):- "And God;s is the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth; and on the day when the Hour shall arrive, on that day shall the despisers perish. And thous shalt see every nation kneeling; to its own book shall every nation be summoned: - ‘This day shall ye be repaid as ye have wrought. ‘" citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
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