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Do the two phrases, "You are, after faith, a faith" and "Should time cast its arrows," which appear in the old Egyptian national anthem, respectively contain verbal polytheism (shirk) or a revilement of time, and is there any Sharia prohibition in them?

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Murad Al-Rafi'i, in the first phrase, means that the right of the homeland comes after the right of Allah Almighty, and that serving it, defending it, and reforming it are part of the religion legislated by Allah. Despite the correctness of this meaning, it is preferable to avoid this absolute statement to prevent misconception. As for the second phrase, it is not cursing time, but rather attributing an action to time not in a derogatory sense, which is permissible.

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