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Question
Discuss and answer in your own words, and write in your notebook.
Besides those given in the poem, what other gifts has God blessed mankind with above his other creations? Enlist them.
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Solution
Besides those given in the extract, God has blessed mankind with an abundance of creations of nature such as trees, the birds and animals, the fruits, and the flowers. He has bestowed on mankind the power of speech, the ability to read and write, and the use of language. Above all, He has given human beings a marvellous brain, with which man has invented millions of things right from the wheel to the computer.
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