Sūra LIV.: Qamar, or the Moon.

23. Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

23. The Thamūd (also)
Rejected (their) Warners.

24. Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

24. For they said: "What!
A man! a solitary one
From among ourselves!
Shall we follow such a one?
Truly should we then be
Straying in mind, and mad!

25. Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun

25. "Is it that the Message
Is sent to him,
Of all people amongst us?
Nay, he is a liar,
An insolent one!"

26. SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu al-ashiru

26. Ah! they will know
On the morrow, which is
The liar, the insolent one!

27. Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir

27. For We will send
The she-camel
By way of trial for them.
So watch them, (O Ṣāliḥ),
And possess thyself in patience!

28. Wanabbi/hum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun

28. And tell them that
The water is to be
Divided between them:
Each one's right to drink
Being brought forward
(By suitable turns).

29. Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara

29. But they called
To their companion,
And he took a sword
In hand, and hamstrung (her).

30. Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

30. Ah! how (terrible) was
My Penalty and My Warning!

31. Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri

31. For We sent against them
A single Mighty Blast,
And they became
Like the dry stubble used
By one who pens cattle.

32. Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

32. And we have indeed
Made the Qur-ān easy
To understand and remember:
Then is there any that
Will receive admonition?

33. Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

33. The People of Lūṭ
Rejected (his) Warning.

34. Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin

34. We sent against them
A violent tornado
With showers of stones,
(Which destroyed them), except
Lūṭ's household: them We
Delivered by early Dawn,—

35. NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara

35. As a Grace from Us:
Thus do We reward
Those who give thanks.

36. Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri

36. And (Lūṭ) did warn them
Of Our Punishment, but
They disputed about the Warning.

37. Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

37. And they even sought
To snatch away his guests
From him, but We blinded
Their eyes. (They heard:)
"Now taste ye My Wrath
And My Warning."

38. Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

38. Early on the morrow
An abiding Punishment
Seized them:

39. Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri

39. "So taste ye My Wrath
And My Warning."

40. Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin

40. And We have indeed
Made the Qur-ān easy
To understand and remember:
Then is there any that
Will receive admonition?