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 Al Kader (the Divine decree).Al Rakim (pronounce Rah-keem’). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Alkahest.
 
The hypothetical universal solvent. The word was invented by Paracelsus.   1
 


 Al Kader (the Divine decree).Al Rakim (pronounce Rah-keem’). 

 
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