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    The book of gold symbolizes the great value placed on the names and the richness of the deeds performed by them. Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    The book of gold symbolizes the great value placed on the names and the richness of the deeds performed by them.

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  1. Abou was rewarded at the end of the story when the Angel appeared the second night with the book and showed him that his name topped the list of “the names whom love of God had blest.” Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    Abou was rewarded at the end of the story when the Angel appeared the second night with the book and showed him that his name topped the list of “the names whom love of God had blest.”

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  1. The words “presence” and “vision” denotes the Angel who appeared in Abou’s room twice. Abou’s love for his fellow men made him bold in front of the Angel. Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    The words “presence” and “vision” denotes the Angel who appeared in Abou’s room twice.
    Abou’s love for his fellow men made him bold in front of the Angel.

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    Then next day when the Angel appeared in Abou’s room once again, it showed him that his name topped the list of “the names whom love of God had blest.” Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    Then next day when the Angel appeared in Abou’s room once again, it showed him that his name topped the list of “the names whom love of God had blest.”

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    Abou was not scared as he had exceeded “peace” by waking up from a “deep dream of peace.” Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    Abou was not scared as he had exceeded “peace” by waking up from a “deep dream of peace.”

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    Abou asked a question to the Angel as “exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold.” He enquired from the Angel what it was writing in the book of gold. Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    Abou asked a question to the Angel as “exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold.” He enquired from the Angel what it was writing in the book of gold.

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    The figure of speech used in the phrase, “like a lily in bloom”, is a simile. Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    The figure of speech used in the phrase, “like a lily in bloom”, is a simile.

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    Abou’s name was not in the book of gold as he loved his fellow men more than he loved God. Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    Abou’s name was not in the book of gold as he loved his fellow men more than he loved God.

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