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It is already the world's biggest cemetery, the final resting resting place of some five million souls but it's growing all the time.作为世界上最大的墓地，它已是500多万人最后的安息之所，但将要进入这个墓地的逝者还在不断增加。
With gravestones stretching out as far as the eye can see, Wadi Al-Salaam, which translates as Valley of Peace, is an ancient Islamic cemetery near the holy city Shiite city of Najaf. Wadi Al-Salaam意为“和平谷”，是位于什叶派圣地纳贾夫附近的一座古老的伊斯兰墓地，这里的墓碑绵延不绝，一眼看不到边际。
The site is located close to the shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shia Imam and fourth Caliph and as a result nearly all Iraq's Shi'a muslim population request to be buried there.这座墓地靠近宗教领袖阿里·伊本·艾比·塔利卜的圣殿，他是首位什叶派伊玛目，同时也是伊斯兰教历史上第四任哈里发，因此伊拉克几乎所有的什叶派穆斯林都要求葬在此处。
An estimated 500,000 additional bodies are buried at Wadi Al-Salaam every year, however in recent weeks the figure has been even higher due to victims of the country's bitter civil war.每年约有50万人的遗体会被埋葬在“和平谷”，但近几周内由于伊拉克内部严重的武装冲突，这里的入葬人数不断攀高。
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发表于 2016-7-27 23:11:12