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From: parrikar@csn.org (Rajan Parrikar)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: some questions...
Message-ID: <1991May30.150810.8589@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 30 May 91 15:08:10 GMT
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In article <1991May29.144851.26150@wpi.WPI.EDU> azhar@cs.duke.edu (Salman Azhar) writes:
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>	   According to my understanding, forgiveness is entirely God's
>(Allah's) decision, and we cannot anticipate, or predict whom He willi
							       ^^
>forgive and who He will not. The sincerity of repentence, and the
		 ^^
>dedication of the repenter is also his judgement. And, verily He is
							       ^^
Is it stated in the Quran that Allah is male?? If not, why do people
keep on referring to "He"? If yes, isn't "He" or "She" an attribute
of mere mortals?

Rajan Parrikar
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