1
The pride of the higher realms is the clear vault of the sky, as glorious to behold as the sight of the heavens.
2
The sun, when it appears, proclaims as it rises what a marvelous instrument it is, the work of the Most High.
3
At noon it parches the land, and who can withstand its burning heat?
4
A man tending a furnace works in burning heat, but three times as hot is the sun scorching the mountains; it breathes out fiery vapors, and its bright rays blind the eyes.
5
Great is the Lord who made it; at his orders it hurries on its course.
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