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By the Sun and his (glorious) splendor;
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By the Moon as she follows him;
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By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
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By the Night as it conceals it;
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By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
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By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
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By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
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And its inspiration as to its wrong and its right;-
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Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
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And he fails that corrupts it!
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The Thamüd (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,
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Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
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But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
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Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord crushed them for their sin and leveled them!
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And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
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