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| 1. * | By the sun, and its rising brightness; |
| 2. * | by the moon, when she followeth him; |
| 3. * | by the day, when it sheweth his splendor; |
| 4. * | by the night, when it covereth him with darkness; |
| 5. * | by the heaven, and Him who built it; |
| 6. * | by the earth, and Him who spread it forth; |
| 7. * | by the soul, and Him who completely formed it, |
| 8. * | and inspired into the same its faculty of distinguishing, and power of choosing, wickedness and piety: |
| 9. * | Now is he who hath purified the same, happy; |
| 10. * | but he who hath corrupted the same, is miserable. |
| 11. * | Thamud accused their prophet Saleh of imposture, through the excess of their wickedness: |
| 12. * | When the wretch among them was sent to slay the camel; |
| 13. * | and the Apostle of God said unto them, let alone the camel of God; and hinder not her drinking. |
| 14. * | But they charged him with imposture; and they slew her. Wherefore their Lord destroyed them, for their crime, and made their punishment equal unto them all: |
| 15. * | And he feareth not the issue thereof. |