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By the sun and its heat and brightness,
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and by the moon as it follows it;
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and by the day as it displays the sun's glory,
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and by the night as it envelopes the sun;
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and by the sky and by Him Who made it;
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and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out;
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and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it,
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and imbued it with (the consciousness of) its evil and its piety:
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He who purifies it will prosper,
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and he who suppresses it will be ruined.
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In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie
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when their arch-criminal rose up in rage.
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Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!”
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But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground.
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He has no fear of its sequel.