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Contextual Meanings of Qur’anic Near-Synonyms and Their English Translations with Special Reference to Huzn (Grief) and Its Near-Synonyms

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Pages 477-492 | Received 20 Oct 2021, Accepted 16 Aug 2023, Published online: 01 Sep 2023

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