72 So We delivered him and those with him by mercy from Us, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our messages and were not believers.

73 And to Thāmūd (We sent) their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said: O my people, serve Allāh, you have no god other than Him. Clear proof has indeed come to you from your Lord. This is Allāh’s she-camel — a sign for you — so leave her alone to pasture in Allāh’s earth, and do her no harm, lest painful chastisement overtake you.

74 And remember when He made you successors after ‘Ād and settled you in the land — you make mansions on its plains and hew out houses in the mountains. So remember Allāh’s bounties and act not corruptly in the land, making mischief.

75 The arrogant chiefs of his people said to those who were weak, to those who believed from among them: Do you know that Ṣāliḥ is one sent by his Lord? They said: Surely we are believers in that wherewith he has been sent.

76 Those who were haughty said: Surely we are disbelievers in that which you believe.

77 Then they hamstrung the she-camel and revolted against their Lord’s commandment, and said; O Ṣāliḥ, bring us that with which thou threatenest us, if thou art of the messengers.

78 So the earthquake seized them, and they were motionless bodies in their abodes.

79 So he turned away from them and said: O my people, I delivered to you the message of my Lord and gave you good advice, but you love not good advisers.

80 And (We sent) Lot, when he said to his people: Do you commit an abomination which no one in the world did before you?

81 Surely you come to males with lust instead of females. Nay, you are a people exceeding bounds.

82 And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn them out of your town; surely they are a people who aspire to purity!