137 This is naught but a fabrication of the ancients:

138 And we will not be chastised.

139 So they rejected him, then We destroyed them. Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not.

140 And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

141 Thamūd gave the lie to the messengers.

142 When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them: Will you not guard against evil?

143 Surely I am a faithful messenger to you:

144 So keep your duty to Allāh and obey me.

145 And I ask of you no reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds.

146 Will you be left secure in what is here,

147 In gardens and fountains,

148 And corn-fields and palm-trees having fine flower-spikes?

149 And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly.

150 So keep your duty to Allāh and obey me.

151 And obey not the bidding of the extravagant,

152 Who make mischief in the land and act not aright.

153 They said: Thou art only a deluded person.

154 Thou art naught but a mortal like ourselves — so bring a sign if thou art truthful.

155 He said: This is a she-camel; she has her portion of water, and you have your portion of water at an appointed time.

156 And touch her not with evil, lest the chastisement of a grievous day overtake you.

157 But they hamstrung her, then regretted,

158 So the chastisement overtook them. Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not.

159 And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

160 The people of Lot gave the lie to the messengers.