| m_ali | |
|---|---|
| 1. * | By the sun and his brightness! |
| 2. * | And the moon when she borrows light from him! |
| 3. * | And the day when it exposes it to view! |
| 4. * | And the night when it draws a veil over it! |
| 5. * | And the heaven and its make! |
| 6. * | And the earth and its extension! |
| 7. * | And the soul and its perfection! -- |
| 8. * | So He reveals to it its way of evil and its way of good; |
| 9. * | He is indeed successful who causes it to grow, |
| 10. * | And he indeed fails who buries it. |
| 11. * | Thamud rejected (the truth) in their inordinacy, |
| 12. * | When the basest of them broke forth with mischief -- |
| 13. * | So Allah’s messenger said to them: (Leave alone) Allah’s she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink. |
| 14. * | But they called him a liar and slaughtered her. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground); |
| 15. * | And He fears not its consequence. |