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| 1. * | Witness is the Sun and its radiant splendor. |
| 2. * | And the Moon that borrows its light. |
| 3. * | Witness is the day as it brightens the world. |
| 4. * | And the night that cloaks it. |
| 5. * | And the sky and its wondrous design. |
| 6. * | And the earth and its vast expanse! |
| 7. * | Consider the human 'Self, and how it is capable for being balanced out. |
| 8. * | And how it is instilled with the capacity to disintegrate or become secure. |
| 9. * | Successful indeed is he who grows the 'Self'. |
| 10. * | And failure is indeed he who keeps it buried (under ignorance and superstition). |
| 11. * | (Disregarding this principle) Thamud rejected (Saleh) while playing God. ('Tagha' = Being 'Taghut' = Becoming a false god = Playing God = Transgressing = Rebelling = Crossing bounds of decency = Extreme arrogance). |
| 12. * | Behold, the most forward among them was picked up for defiance. |
| 13. * | Although Allah's Messenger had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to Allah, so let her drink!" (The land belongs to Allah, and this she-camel represents the weak among you (7:73), (26:155)). |
| 14. * | But they denied him and they killed her. Their Lord then doomed them all alike for their lagging behind in compliance. |
| 15. * | For none of them had any fear of what might befall them. |