{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/01106.htm","path":"isl/quran/01106.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/01106.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n61. Wa-ila thamooda akhahum salihan qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha ma lakum min ilahin ghayruhu huwa anshaakum mina al-ardi waistaAAmarakum feeha faistaghfiroohu thumma tooboo ilayhi inna rabbee qareebun mujeebun\n61. To the Tham\u016bd People\n (We sent) S\u0101lih, one\n Of their own brethren.\n He said: \"O my People!\n Worship God: ye have\n No other God but Him.\n It is He Who hath produced you\n From the earth and settled you\n Therein: then ask forgiveness\n Of Him, and turn to Him\n (In repentance): for my Lord\n Is (always) near, ready\n To answer.\"\n62. Qaloo ya salihu qad kunta feena marjuwwan qabla hatha atanhana an naAAbuda ma yaAAbudu abaona wa-innana lafee shakkin mimma tadAAoona ilayhi mureebun\n62. They said: \"O S\u0101lib!\n Thou hast been of us!\u2014\nA centre of our hopes\n Hitherto! Dost thou (now)\n Forbid us the worship\n Of what our fathers worshipped?\n But we are really\n In suspicious (disquieting)\n Doubt as to that to which\n Thou invitest us.\"\n63. Qala ya qawmi araaytum in kuntu AAala bayyinatin min rabbee waatanee minhu rahmatan faman yansurunee mina Allahi in AAasaytuhu fama tazeedoonanee ghayra takhseerin\n63. He said: \"O my people!\n Do ye see?\u2014If I have\n A Clear (Sign) from my Lord\n And He hath sent Mercy\n Unto me from Himself,\u2014who\n Then can help me\n Against God if I were\n To disobey Him? What\n Then would ye add\n To my (portion) but perdition?\n64. Waya qawmi hathihi naqatu Allahi lakum ayatan fatharooha ta/kul fee ardi Allahi wala tamassooha bisoo-in faya/khuthakum AAathabun qareebun\n64. \"And O my people!\n This she-camel of God is\n A symbol to you:\n Leave her to feed\n On God's (free) earth,\n And inflict no harm\n On her, or a swift Penalty\n Will seize you!\"\n65. FaAAaqarooha faqala tamattaAAoo fee darikum thalathata ayyamin thalika waAAdun ghayru makthoobin\n65. But they did ham-string her.\n So he said: \"Enjoy yourselves\n In your homes for three days:\n (Then will be your ruin):\n(Behold) there a promise\n Not to be belied!\"\n66. Falamma jaa amruna najjayna salihan waallatheena amanoo maAAahu birahmatin minna wamin khizyi yawmi-ithin inna rabbaka huwa alqawiyyu alAAazeezu\n66. When Our Decree issued,\n We saved S\u0101lib and those\n Who believed with him,\n By (special) Grace from\n Ourselves\u2014\n And from the Ignominy\n Of that Day. For thy Lord\u2014\n He is the Strong One, and Able\n To enforce His Will.\n67. Waakhatha allatheena thalamoo alssayhatu faasbahoo fee diyarihim jathimeena\n67. The (mighty) Blast overtook\n The wrong-doers, and they\n Lay prostrate in their homes\n Before the morning,\u2014\n68. Kaan lam yaghnaw feeha ala inna thamooda kafaroo rabbahum ala buAAdan lithamooda\n68. As if they had never\n Dwelt and flourished there.\n Ah! Behold! For the Tham\u016bd\n Rejected their Lord and Cherisher!\n Ah! Behold! Removed\n (From sight) were the Tham\u016bd!","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XI.: H\u016bd (The Prophet H\u016bd)...","type":"page"}