Anyone to help?The phone does not work

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soheil_hooshdaran
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Anyone to help?The phone does not work

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Apr 13, 2015 4:52 pm

Hello.
Can anyone help me? The phone (+44 207 2537887)does not work for me. I need to call them to ask a question from then. Any one help?
I am next to getting crazy

Thanks in advance

John McKenna

Re: Anyone to help?The phone does not work

Post by John McKenna » Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:22 pm

خيام اگر ز باده مستى خوش باش

با ماه رخى اگر نشستى خوش باش

چون عاقبت كار جهان نيستى است

انگار كه نيستى، چو هستى خوش باش

Be happy!

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Re: Anyone to help?The phone does not work

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:24 pm

I cannot. Not anything that is attributed to Khayyam is correct.

John McKenna

Re: Anyone to help?The phone does not work

Post by John McKenna » Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:36 pm

Nevertheless, try to be happy.

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Re: Anyone to help?The phone does not work

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:52 pm

John McKenna wrote:Nevertheless, try to be happy.
I have no reason to be happy. I even cannot be happy that I am gloomy. I posted here so I may be helped.

John McKenna

Re: Anyone to help?The phone does not work

Post by John McKenna » Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:53 am

What's the difference between -

God help those who help themselves

and

God helps those who help themselves?

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Re: Anyone to help?The phone does not work

Post by Brian Towers » Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:18 am

John McKenna wrote:What's the difference between -

God help those who help themselves

and

God helps those who help themselves?
"God help ..." is essentially a prayer or request asking God to help the unfortunate subject which follows. Hence you would not say "God help those who help themselves" except as a veiled threat that "those who help themselves" are going to be in such deep trouble that they will need God's help.

"God helps those who help themselves" is a statement encouraging people who get off their backsides to try and improve their own situation rather than rely on the charity of others.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.

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Re: Anyone to help?The phone does not work

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:56 pm

the first one is an imperative statement, due to its verb form which is in infinitive.
The second statement is a descriptive statement, as its verb form is 'simple present', usually used to report permanent truths.
Qur'an also says 'God would not change the situation of a crowd until they change the situation of themselves'.
But my problem is not one where I can help myself. I don't have the phone and my letter has no definite fate. I can publish the books without the agreement as far as the law is concerned (although haram), but the revenue is illegitimate.
I have spent months and years translating, but it's going to have no outcome. I would like to translate several book during my lifetime.