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I said ^(F1)to myself regarding the sons of mankind, "God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as ^(C1)animals, they to themselves."

^(C1)For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals ^(F1)is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath, and there is no advantage for mankind over animals, for all is futility.

All go to the same place. All came from the ^(C1)dust and all return to the dust.

Who knows that the ^(C1)spirit of the sons of mankind ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?

I have seen that ^(C1)nothing is better than when a person is happy in his activities, for that is his ^(F1)lot. For who will bring him to see ^(C2)what will occur after him?