١CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness,
٢and the moon as it reflects the sun!
٣Consider the day as it reveals the world,
٤and the night as it veils it darkly!
٥Consider the sky and its wondrous make,
٦and the earth and all its expanse!
٧Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be,
٨and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God!
٩To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity,
١٠and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness].
١١TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud,
١٢when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed],
١٣although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!"
١٤But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike:
١٥for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them.