Versos English Richard Francis Burton Gehenna, alias Jahim, being the fiery place of eternal

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Gehenna, alias Jahim, being the fiery place of eternal

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Gehenna, alias Jahim, being the fiery place of eternal punishment. And the second saying, Al- nâr wa l⠒l-’Ar—“Fire (of Hell) rather than Shame,”—is equally condemned by the Koranist. The Gustâkhi (insolence) of Fate is the expression of Umar-i-Khayyam (St. xxx):—

What, without asking hither hurried whence? And, without asking whither hurried hence! Oh many a cup of this forbidden wine Must drown the memory of that insolence.