Quran Verses about Prophet Salih and Thamud

وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٗۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأۡكُلۡ فِيٓ أَرۡضِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٧٣

Wa ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, qad jāʾatkum bayyinatum mir rabbikum, hādhihī nāqatullāhi lakum āyah, fadharūhā taʾkul fī arḍillāh, wa lā tamassūhā bisūʾin fayaʾkhudhakum ʿadhābun alīm.

And to the Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allāh [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allāh's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَعَلَكُمۡ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ عَادٖ وَبَوَّأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورٗا وَتَنۡحِتُونَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ بُيُوتٗاۖ فَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ٧٤

Wadhkurū idh jaʿalakum khulafāʾa mim baʿdi ʿādiw wa bawwaʾakum fil-arḍi tattakhidhūna min suhūlihā quṣūraw wa tanḥitūnal-jibāla buyūtā, fadhkurū ālāʾallāhi wa lā taʿthaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn.

And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

قَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْ لِمَنۡ ءَامَنَ مِنۡهُمۡ أَتَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَٰلِحٗا مُّرۡسَلٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦۚ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلَ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنُونَ ٧٥

Qālal-malaʾul-ladhīnastakbarū min qawmihī lil-ladhīnastuḍʿifū liman āmana minhum ataʿlamūna anna ṣāliḥam mursalum mir rabbih, qālū innā bimā ursila bihī muʾminūn.

Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people to those who were oppressed - to those who believed among them, "Do you [actually] know that Ṣāliḥ is sent from his Lord?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which he was sent, are believers."

قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِيٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٧٦

Qālal-ladhīnastakbarū innā bil-ladhī āmantum bihī kāfirūn.

Said those who were arrogant, "Indeed we, in that which you have believed, are disbelievers."

۞ وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱسۡتَعۡمَرَكُمۡ فِيهَا فَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٞ مُّجِيبٞ ٦١

Wa ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, huwa anshaʾakum minal-arḍi wastaʿmarakum fīhā fastaghfirūhu thumma tūbū ilayh, inna rabbī qarībum mujīb.

And to Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."

قَالُواْ يَٰصَٰلِحُ قَدۡ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرۡجُوّٗا قَبۡلَ هَٰذَآۖ أَتَنۡهَىٰنَآ أَن نَّعۡبُدَ مَا يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّمَّا تَدۡعُونَآ إِلَيۡهِ مُرِيبٖ ٦٢

Qālū yāṣāliḥu qad kunta fīnā marjuwwan qabla hādhā, atanhānā an naʿbuda mā yaʿbudu ābāʾunā wa innanā lafī shakkim mimmā tadʿūnā ilayhi murīb.

They said, "O Ṣāliḥ, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَءَاتَىٰنِي مِنۡهُ رَحۡمَةٗ فَمَن يَنصُرُنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنۡ عَصَيۡتُهُۥۖ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِي غَيۡرَ تَخۡسِيرٖ ٦٣

Qāla yāqawmi araʾaytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatim mir rabbī wa ātānī minhu raḥmatan famay yanṣurunī minallāhi in ʿaṣaytuh, famā tazīdūnanī ghayra takhsīr.

He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allāh if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss.

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٤١

Kadhdhabat thamūdul-mursalīn.

Thamūd denied the messengers

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٤٢

Idh qāla lahum akhūhum ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūn.

When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٤٣

Innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٤٤

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٤٥

Wa mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajr, in ajriya illā ʿalā rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ ١٤٦

Atutrakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīn.

Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ١٤٧

Fī jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.

Within gardens and springs

وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ ١٤٨

Wa zurūʿiw wa nakhlin ṭalʿuhā haḍīm.

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ ١٤٩

Wa tanḥitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan fārihīn.

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٥٠

Fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

So fear Allāh and obey me.

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ١٥١

Wa lā tuṭīʿū amral-musrifīn.

And do not obey the order of the transgressors,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ١٥٢

Al-ladhīna yufsidūna fil-arḍi wa lā yuṣliḥūn.

Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ ١٥٣

Qālū innamā anta minal-musaḥḥarīn.

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٥٤

Mā anta illā basharum mithlunā faʾti biʾāyatin in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمۡ فَرِيقَانِ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٤٥

Wa laqad arsalnā ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan aniʿbudullāha fa idhā hum farīqāni yakhtaṣimūn.

And We had certainly sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, [saying], "Worship Allāh," and at once they were two parties conflicting.

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لِمَ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ لَوۡلَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٤٦

Qāla yāqawmi lima tastaʿjilūna bis-sayyiʾati qablal-ḥasanah, lawlā tastaghfirūnallāha laʿallakum turḥamūn.

He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good?¹ Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"

قَالُواْ ٱطَّيَّرۡنَا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَّعَكَۚ قَالَ طَٰٓئِرُكُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۖ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ تُفۡتَنُونَ ٤٧

Qāluṭṭayyarnā bika wabimam maʿak, qāla ṭāʾirukum ʿindallāh, bal antum qawmun tuftanūn.

They said, "We consider you a bad omen, you and those with you." He said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with Allāh. Rather, you are a people being tested."¹

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٢٣

Kadhdhabat thamūdu bin-nudhur.

Thamūd denied the warning.

فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤

Faqālū abasharam minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhū innā idhal lafī ḍalāliw wa suʿur.

And said, "Is it one human being¹ among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٞ ٢٥

Aʾulqiyadh-dhikru ʿalayhi mim bayninā bal huwa kadhdhābun ashir.

Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ٢٦

Sayaʿlamūna ghadam manil-kadhdhābul-ashir.

They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

فَعَقَرُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَقَالُواْ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٧٧

Faʿaqarun-nāqata wa ʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim wa qālū yāṣāliḥuʾtinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta minal-mursalīn.

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٗۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأۡكُلۡ فِيٓ أَرۡضِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابٞ قَرِيبٞ ٦٤

Wa yāqawmi hādhihī nāqatullāhi lakum āyah, fadharūhā taʾkul fī arḍillāh, wa lā tamassūhā bisūʾin fayaʾkhudhakum ʿadhābun qarīb.

And O my people, this is the she-camel of Allāh - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allāh's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُواْ فِي دَارِكُمۡ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٖۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعۡدٌ غَيۡرُ مَكۡذُوبٖ ٦٥

Faʿaqarūhā faqāla tamattaʿū fī dārikum thalāthata ayyām, dhālika waʿdun ghayru makdhūb.

But they hamstrung her, so he said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied [i.e., unfailing]."

وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرۡسِلَ بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَۚ وَءَاتَيۡنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبۡصِرَةٗ فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَاۚ وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخۡوِيفٗا ٥٩

Wa mā manaʿanā an nursila bil-āyāti illā an kadhdhaba bihal-awwalūn, wa ātaynā thamūdan-nāqata mubṣiratan faẓalamū bihā, wa mā nursilu bil-āyāti illā takhwīfā.

And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs [i.e., miracles] except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamūd the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ١٥٥

Qāla hādhihī nāqatul lahā shirbuw wa lakum shirbu yawmim maʿlūm.

He said, "This is a she-camel.¹ For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٥٦

Wa lā tamassūhā bisūʾin fayaʾkhudhakum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaẓīm.

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ ١٥٧

Faʿaqarūhā fa aṣbaḥū nādimīn.

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ٢٧

Innā mursilun-nāqati fitnatal lahum fartaqibhum waṣṭabir.

Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.¹

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ ٢٨

Wa nabbiʾhum annal-māʾa qismatum baynahum, kullu shirbim muḥtaḍar.

And inform them that the water is shared between them,¹ each [day of] drink attended [by turn].

فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ٢٩

Fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar.

But they called their companion,¹ and he dared² and hamstrung [her].

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

Kadhdhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā.

Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

Idhinbaʿatha ashqāhā.

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.¹

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣

Faqāla lahum rasūlullāhi nāqatallāhi wa suqyāhā.

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤

Fakadhdhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā.

But they denied him and hamstrung¹ her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

وَكَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطٖ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ٤٨

Wa kāna fil-madīnati tisʿatu rahṭiy yufsidūna fil-arḍi wa lā yuṣliḥūn.

And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

قَالُواْ تَقَاسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدۡنَا مَهۡلِكَ أَهۡلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ٤٩

Qālū taqāsamū billāhi lanubayyitannahū wa ahlahū thumma lanaqūlanna liwaliyyihī mā shahidnā mahlika ahlihī wa innā laṣādiqūn.

They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allāh that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor,¹ 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'"

وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا وَمَكَرۡنَا مَكۡرٗا وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٥٠

Wa makarū makraw wa makarnā makraw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٧٨

Fa akhadhathumur-rajfatu fa aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīn.

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لَقَدۡ أَبۡلَغۡتُكُمۡ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي وَنَصَحۡتُ لَكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ ٧٩

Fatawallā ʿanhum wa qāla yāqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risālata rabbī wa naṣaḥtu lakum wa lākil lā tuḥibbūnan-nāṣiḥīn.

And he [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا نَجَّيۡنَا صَٰلِحٗا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحۡمَةٖ مِّنَّا وَمِنۡ خِزۡيِ يَوۡمِئِذٍۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٦٦

Falammā jāʾa amrunā najjaynā ṣāliḥaw wal-ladhīna āmanū maʿahū biraḥmatim minnā wa min khizyi yawmiʾidh, inna rabbaka huwal-qawiyyul-ʿazīz.

So when Our command came, We saved Ṣāliḥ and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us, and [saved them] from the disgrace of that day.¹ Indeed, it is your Lord who is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.

وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دِيَٰرِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٦٧

Wa akhadhal-ladhīna ẓalamuṣ-ṣayḥatu fa aṣbaḥū fī diyārihim jāthimīn.

And the shriek¹ seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

كَأَن لَّمۡ يَغۡنَوۡاْ فِيهَآۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَاْ كَفَرُواْ رَبَّهُمۡۗ أَلَا بُعۡدٗا لِّثَمُودَ ٦٨

Kaʾal lam yaghnaw fīhā, alā inna thamūda kafarū rabbahum, alā buʿdal lithamūd.

As if they had never prospered therein. Unquestionably, Thamūd denied their Lord; then, away with Thamūd.

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٥٨

Fa akhadhahumul-ʿadhāb, inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٥٩

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّا دَمَّرۡنَٰهُمۡ وَقَوۡمَهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥١

Fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu makrihim annā dammarnāhum wa qawmahum ajmaʿīn.

Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.

فَتِلۡكَ بُيُوتُهُمۡ خَاوِيَةَۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٥٢

Fatilka buyūtuhum khāwiyatam bimā ẓalamū, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yaʿlamūn.

So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.

وَأَنجَيۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَكَانُواْ يَتَّقُونَ ٥٣

Wa anjaynal-ladhīna āmanū wa kānū yattaqūn.

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمۡ فَٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ ٱلۡعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمۡ صَٰعِقَةُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡهُونِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٧

Wa ammā thamūdu fahadaynāhum fastaḥabbul-ʿamā ʿalal-hudā fa akhadhathum ṣāʿiqatul-ʿadhābil-hūni bimā kānū yaksibūn.

And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

وَنَجَّيۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَكَانُواْ يَتَّقُونَ ١٨

Wa najjaynal-ladhīna āmanū wa kānū yattaqūn.

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.

فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٠

Fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ٣١

Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥataw wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmil-muḥtaẓir.

Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ١٥

Wa lā yakhāfu ʿuqbāhā.

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.¹