Sūra 54: Qamar, or the Moon

23. Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri

23. The Thamud (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 Salih), 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'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

33. Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri

33. The people of Lut 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 Lut'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 (Lut) 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'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

41. Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

41. To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah..