كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
١٤١
Thamud
(people) belied the Messenger.
(141)
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
١٤٢
When their brother Salih
(Saleh) said to them: "Will you not fear Allah and obey Him?
(142)
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
١٤٣
"I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.
(143)
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
١٤٤
"So fear Allah, keep your duty to Him, and obey me.
(144)
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
١٤٥
"No reward do I ask of you for it
(my Message of Islamic Monotheism), my reward is only from the Lord of the 'Alamin
(mankind, jinns and all that exists).
(145)
أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ
١٤٦
"Will you be left secure in that which you have here?
(146)
فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
١٤٧
"In gardens and springs.
(147)
وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ
١٤٨
And green crops
(fields etc.) and date-palms with soft spadix.
(148)
وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ
١٤٩
"And you carve houses out of mountains with great skill.
(149)
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
١٥٠
"So fear Allah, keep your duty to Him, and obey me.
(150)
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
١٥١
"And follow not the command of Al-Musrifun
[i.e. their chiefs, leaders who were polytheists, criminals and sinners],
(151)
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ
١٥٢
"Who make mischief in the land, and reform not."
(152)
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
١٥٣
They said: "You are only of those bewitched!
(153)
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
١٥٤
"You are but a human being like us. Then bring us a sign if you are of the truthful."
(154)
قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
١٥٥
He said: "Here is a she-camel; it has a right to drink
(water), and you have a right to drink
(water) (each) on a day, known.
(155)
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
١٥٦
"And touch her not with harm, lest the torment of a Great Day seize you."
(156)
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ
١٥٧
But they killed her, and then they became regretful.
(157)
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
١٥٨
So the torment overtook them. Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
(158)
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
١٥٩
And verily! Your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.
(159)
