They were tyrants in the land

They were tyrants in the land

When you assault, you assault like tyrants!

When you assault, you assault like tyrants!

When you assault, you assault like tyrants.

When you assault, you assault like tyrants.

And when you seize, seize you as tyrants?

And when you seize, seize you as tyrants?

and when you strike you strike like tyrants?

and when you strike you strike like tyrants?

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

When you attack, you attack as tyrants do.

When you attack, you attack as tyrants do.

And when ye seize, ye seize like unto tyrants.

And when ye seize, ye seize like unto tyrants.

And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?

And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?

When you lay hands upon anyone, you do so as tyrants.

When you lay hands upon anyone, you do so as tyrants.

and when you seize someone for punishment , you seize him like tyrants.

and when you seize someone for punishment , you seize him like tyrants.

And when you lay hands (on men) you lay hands (like) tyrants

And when you lay hands (on men) you lay hands (like) tyrants

Will Iran set free the people that the tyrants have enslaved and expropriated?

Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?

Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?

He said My Lord! Give me victory over the people who are Mufsidun (those who commit great crimes and sins, oppressors, tyrants, mischief makers, corrupts).

He said My Lord! Give me victory over the people who are Mufsidun (those who commit great crimes and sins, oppressors, tyrants, mischief makers, corrupts).

And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture Ye verily will work corruption in the earth twice, and ye will become great tyrants.

And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture Ye verily will work corruption in the earth twice, and ye will become great tyrants.

And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture, that indeed you would do mischief on the earth twice and you will become tyrants and extremely arrogant!

And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture, that indeed you would do mischief on the earth twice and you will become tyrants and extremely arrogant!

So totalitarian or authoritarian states more interested in hiding their own oppression than fairly judging other nations can easily trigger a sort of political pogrom against any democracy that annoys enough tyrants. Sadly, many free countries seem utterly indifferent to the ongoing campaign against Israel.

The West s response has been far more supportive of Arabs aspirations, but it has also been contradictory and erratic. For years, both the US and Europe engaged in a monumental exercise in political hypocrisy, preaching the gospel of democratic change while supporting Arab tyrants.

Verily, Fir'aun (Pharaoh) exalted himself in the land and made its people sects, weakening (oppressing) a group (i.e. Children of Israel) among them, killing their sons, and letting their females live. Verily, he was of the Mufsidun (i.e. those who commit great sins and crimes, oppressors, tyrants, etc.).

And never will your Lord destroy the towns (populations) until He sends to their mother town a Messenger reciting to them Our Verses. And never would We destroy the towns unless the people thereof are Zalimun (polytheists, wrong doers, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, oppressors and tyrants).

Verily, Fir'aun (Pharaoh) exalted himself in the land and made its people sects, weakening (oppressing) a group (i.e. Children of Israel) among them, killing their sons, and letting their females live. Verily, he was of the Mufsidun (i.e. those who commit great sins and crimes, oppressors, tyrants, etc.).

And never will your Lord destroy the towns (populations) until He sends to their mother town a Messenger reciting to them Our Verses. And never would We destroy the towns unless the people thereof are Zalimun (polytheists, wrong doers, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, oppressors and tyrants).

One example is the Act of Union between England and Scotland, which requires all succeeding sovereigns of the United Kingdom to take an oath to maintain the Church of Scotland and the Church of England. If future generations feel themselves bound by such provisions, they are, Bentham thinks, enslaved by long dead tyrants.

And to (the people of) Madyan (Midian), We sent their brother Shu'aib (Shuaib). He said O my people! Worship Allah, and hope for (the reward of good deeds by worshipping Allah Alone, on) the last Day, and commit no mischief on the earth as Mufsidun (those who commit great crimes, oppressors, tyrants, mischief makers, corrupts).

And to (the people of) Madyan (Midian), We sent their brother Shu'aib (Shuaib). He said O my people! Worship Allah, and hope for (the reward of good deeds by worshipping Allah Alone, on) the last Day, and commit no mischief on the earth as Mufsidun (those who commit great crimes, oppressors, tyrants, mischief makers, corrupts).

But seek, with that (wealth) which Allah has bestowed on you, the home of the Hereafter, and forget not your portion of legal enjoyment in this world, and do good as Allah has been good to you, and seek not mischief in the land. Verily, Allah likes not the Mufsidun (those who commit great crimes and sins, oppressors, tyrants, mischief makers, corrupts).

But seek, with that (wealth) which Allah has bestowed on you, the home of the Hereafter, and forget not your portion of legal enjoyment in this world, and do good as Allah has been good to you, and seek not mischief in the land. Verily, Allah likes not the Mufsidun (those who commit great crimes and sins, oppressors, tyrants, mischief makers, corrupts).

Mao is certainly a more interesting figure than were many tyrants a poet, an intellectual, a student of history as well as a serial philanderer, who, according to his doctor, Li Zhisui, liked to swim in water, not bathe in it. I know of no better, more fascinating warts and all portrait of any political leader than Li s book, The Private Life of Chairman Mao .