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! |