Job

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Could you please explain to me that part from Holy Book of Job 2:3 " although you incited Me against him to destroy him without cause ."
Although God knew that Job had fallen in a sin of self righteousness, He still said about him: "none like him on the earth, and he is blameless". what is God’s measuring…
Are there any Arabic or English books that explain the Holy Book of Job?
Why did God take everything from Job except his wife?
I heard some fathers explain that Job was NOT in fact self-righteous. Is this true or not? Some fathers say he was just trying to figure out why God allowed such a trial.
How long did Job endure his trial? I heard it was for 33 years. He lived 70 years, and then suffered 33 years, and as in Job 42, he lived another 140 years after the…

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