Smoking represented pleasure, transience and the briefness of earthly life as it, quite literally, went up in smoke.

It will certainly cease to exist!!

This report does not inquire into the cause of such disappearance but takes it as a fact. There will come a point at which life is not sustainable in those States.

The Vanishing Arctic

He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Both groups demand is inherently ephemeral.

This orthodoxy, however, was also destined to fade away.

They have appointed equals of God to mislead people from His path . Tell them Enjoy yourselves ( so long as you may ) .

And they ascribed equals to Allah to mislead from His way say , Enjoy a while , for your end will be the fire .

And they set up compeers to God , that they might lead astray from His way . Say ' Take your joy !

And they have set up compeers unto Allah , that they may lead men astray from His way . Say thou enjoy , then verily your vending is unto the Fire .

And they set up rivals to Allah , to mislead ( men ) from His Path ! Say Enjoy ( your brief life ) !

And they set up rivals to God , in order to lead away from His path . Say , Enjoy yourselves your destination is the Fire .

They have set up rivals to Allah that they may lead people astray from His way . Tell them Enjoy for a while .

And they set up rivals to Allah that they may mislead ( men ) from His way . Say Enjoy life ( while ye may ) for lo ! your journey 's end will be the Fire .

They have set up equals to Allah , to lead people astray from His way . Say , Enjoy for a while , for indeed your destination is hellfire !

They set up rivals with Allah to lead others astray . Say to them ' Take your pleasure your arrival shall be the Fire '

And they have attributed to Allah equals to mislead people from His way . Say , Enjoy yourselves , for indeed , your destination is the Fire .

To lead people astray , they claimed their idols were equal to God . ( Muhammad ) , tell them , Enjoy yourselves and know that the only place for you to go will be hell fire .

And they set up equals with Allah that they may lead ( people ) astray from His path . Say Enjoy yourselves , for surely your return is to the fire .

They have set up rivals to God to lead people away from His path . Say , Enjoy yourselves awhile you will then proceed to the Fire .

And they set up ( idols ) as equal to Allah , to mislead ( men ) from the Path ! Say Enjoy ( your brief power ) !

TIME AND AGE are witness

By oath of this era of yours ( O dear Prophet Mohammed peace and blessings be upon him ) .

By the afternoon !

By the time ,

By Al ' Asr ( the time ) .

By time .

By the time !

By the declining day ,

By Time !

By the time of the afternoon !

By time ,

By the time ( of the advent of Islam ) ,

I swear by the time ,

I swear by the passage of time ,

By ( the Token of ) Time ( through the ages ) ,

Religion isn t dying nor should it.

First, the role of technocrats in China s senior leadership is on the wane.

The seriousness of that evil was well known, however, and thanks to international efforts it was starting to be eradicated.

Popularity is ephemeral and should never guide national policy.

Archipelagoes and coral atolls would be at risk of disappearing, and the populations living there would face permanent displacement.

Not that national feeling is dying, even as a new European spirit is being born.

Turkey has practically resigned itself to the inevitable demise of Syria s repressive Baath regime.