وَلَقَدْ
And certainly,
أَرْسَلْنَآ
We sent
إِلَىٰ
to
ثَمُودَ
Thamud
أَخَاهُمْ
their brother
صَٰلِحًا
Salih
أَنِ
that,
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
"Worship
ٱللَّهَ
Allah."
فَإِذَا Then behold! هُمْ They فَرِيقَانِ (became) two parties يَخْتَصِمُونَ quarreling. قَالَ He said, يَٰقَوْمِ "O my people! لِمَ Why تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ (do) you seek to hasten
بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ the evil قَبْلَ before ٱلْحَسَنَةِ the good? لَوْلَا Why not تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ you ask forgiveness ٱللَّهَ (of) Allah لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may
تُرْحَمُونَ receive mercy?" قَالُوا۟ They said, ٱطَّيَّرْنَا "We consider you a bad omen *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بِكَ "We consider you a bad omen *[meaning includes next or prev. word] وَبِمَن and those مَّعَكَ with you." قَالَ He said, طَٰٓئِرُكُمْ "Your bad omen
عِندَ (is) with ٱللَّهِ Allah. بَلْ Nay, أَنتُمْ you قَوْمٌ (are) a people تُفْتَنُونَ being tested." وَكَانَ And were فِى in ٱلْمَدِينَةِ the city
تِسْعَةُ nine رَهْطٍ family heads, يُفْسِدُونَ they were spreading corruption فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the land وَلَا and not يُصْلِحُونَ reforming.
قَالُوا۟ They said, تَقَاسَمُوا۟ "Swear to each other بِٱللَّهِ by Allah لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ surely, we will attack him by night, وَأَهْلَهُۥ and his family. ثُمَّ Then لَنَقُولَنَّ we will surely say لِوَلِيِّهِۦ to his heir,
مَا "Not شَهِدْنَا we witnessed مَهْلِكَ (the) destruction أَهْلِهِۦ (of) his family, وَإِنَّا and indeed, we لَصَٰدِقُونَ (are) surely truthful." وَمَكَرُوا۟ So they plotted
مَكْرًا a plot وَمَكَرْنَا and We planned مَكْرًا a plan, وَهُمْ while they لَا (did) not يَشْعُرُونَ perceive. فَٱنظُرْ Then see
كَيْفَ how كَانَ was عَٰقِبَةُ (the) end مَكْرِهِمْ (of) their plot, أَنَّا that We دَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ destroyed them وَقَوْمَهُمْ and their people
أَجْمَعِينَ all. فَتِلْكَ So, these بُيُوتُهُمْ (are) their houses, خَاوِيَةًۢ ruined بِمَا because ظَلَمُوٓا۟ they wronged. إِنَّ Indeed,
فِى in ذَٰلِكَ that لَءَايَةً surely, is a sign لِّقَوْمٍ for a people يَعْلَمُونَ who know. وَأَنجَيْنَا And We saved ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believed
وَكَانُوا۟ and used (to) يَتَّقُونَ fear (Allah). وَلُوطًا And Lut, إِذْ when قَالَ he said لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ to his people, أَتَأْتُونَ "Do you commit
ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ [the] immorality وَأَنتُمْ while you تُبْصِرُونَ see? أَئِنَّكُمْ Why do you لَتَأْتُونَ approach ٱلرِّجَالَ the men
شَهْوَةً (with) lust مِّن instead of *[meaning includes next or prev. word] دُونِ instead of *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱلنِّسَآءِ the women? بَلْ Nay, أَنتُمْ you قَوْمٌ (are) a people تَجْهَلُونَ ignorant."
فَإِذَا Then behold! هُمْ They فَرِيقَانِ (became) two parties يَخْتَصِمُونَ quarreling. قَالَ He said, يَٰقَوْمِ "O my people! لِمَ Why تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ (do) you seek to hasten
بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ the evil قَبْلَ before ٱلْحَسَنَةِ the good? لَوْلَا Why not تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ you ask forgiveness ٱللَّهَ (of) Allah لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may
تُرْحَمُونَ receive mercy?" قَالُوا۟ They said, ٱطَّيَّرْنَا "We consider you a bad omen *[meaning includes next or prev. word] بِكَ "We consider you a bad omen *[meaning includes next or prev. word] وَبِمَن and those مَّعَكَ with you." قَالَ He said, طَٰٓئِرُكُمْ "Your bad omen
عِندَ (is) with ٱللَّهِ Allah. بَلْ Nay, أَنتُمْ you قَوْمٌ (are) a people تُفْتَنُونَ being tested." وَكَانَ And were فِى in ٱلْمَدِينَةِ the city
تِسْعَةُ nine رَهْطٍ family heads, يُفْسِدُونَ they were spreading corruption فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the land وَلَا and not يُصْلِحُونَ reforming.
قَالُوا۟ They said, تَقَاسَمُوا۟ "Swear to each other بِٱللَّهِ by Allah لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ surely, we will attack him by night, وَأَهْلَهُۥ and his family. ثُمَّ Then لَنَقُولَنَّ we will surely say لِوَلِيِّهِۦ to his heir,
مَا "Not شَهِدْنَا we witnessed مَهْلِكَ (the) destruction أَهْلِهِۦ (of) his family, وَإِنَّا and indeed, we لَصَٰدِقُونَ (are) surely truthful." وَمَكَرُوا۟ So they plotted
مَكْرًا a plot وَمَكَرْنَا and We planned مَكْرًا a plan, وَهُمْ while they لَا (did) not يَشْعُرُونَ perceive. فَٱنظُرْ Then see
كَيْفَ how كَانَ was عَٰقِبَةُ (the) end مَكْرِهِمْ (of) their plot, أَنَّا that We دَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ destroyed them وَقَوْمَهُمْ and their people
أَجْمَعِينَ all. فَتِلْكَ So, these بُيُوتُهُمْ (are) their houses, خَاوِيَةًۢ ruined بِمَا because ظَلَمُوٓا۟ they wronged. إِنَّ Indeed,
فِى in ذَٰلِكَ that لَءَايَةً surely, is a sign لِّقَوْمٍ for a people يَعْلَمُونَ who know. وَأَنجَيْنَا And We saved ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believed
وَكَانُوا۟ and used (to) يَتَّقُونَ fear (Allah). وَلُوطًا And Lut, إِذْ when قَالَ he said لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ to his people, أَتَأْتُونَ "Do you commit
ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ [the] immorality وَأَنتُمْ while you تُبْصِرُونَ see? أَئِنَّكُمْ Why do you لَتَأْتُونَ approach ٱلرِّجَالَ the men
شَهْوَةً (with) lust مِّن instead of *[meaning includes next or prev. word] دُونِ instead of *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱلنِّسَآءِ the women? بَلْ Nay, أَنتُمْ you قَوْمٌ (are) a people تَجْهَلُونَ ignorant."