{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/02608.htm","path":"isl/quran/02608.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/02608.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n141. Kaththabat thamoodu almursaleena\n141. The Tham\u016bd (people) rejected\n The apostles.\n142. Ith qala lahum akhoohum salihun ala tattaqoona\n142. Behold, their brother \u1e62\u0101li\u1e25\n Said to them: \"Will you not\n Fear (God)?\n143. Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun\n143. \"I am to you an apostle\n Worthy of all trust.\n144. Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni\n144. \"So fear God, and obey me.\n145. Wama as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameena\n145. \"No reward do I ask\n Of you for it: my reward\n Is only from the Lord\n Of the Worlds.\n146. Atutrakoona fee ma hahuna amineena\n146. \"Will ye be left secure,\n In (the enjoyment of) all\n That ye have here?\u2014\n147. \"Gardens and Springs,\n148. WazurooAAin wanakhlin talAAuha hadeemun\n148. \"And corn-fields and date palms\n With spathes near breaking\n (With the weight of fruit)?\n149. Watanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan fariheena\n149. \"And ye carve houses\n Out of (rocky) mountains\n With great skill.\n150. Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni\n150. \"But fear God and obey me;\n151. Wala tuteeAAoo amra almusrifeena\n151. \"And follow not the bidding\n Of those who are extravagant,\u2014\n152. Allatheena yufsidoona fee al-ardi wala yuslihoona\n152. \"Who make mischief in the land,\n And mend not (their ways).\"\n153. Qaloo innama anta mina almusahhareena\n153. Whey said: \"Thou art only\n One of those bewitched!'\n154. Ma anta illa basharun mithluna fa/ti bi-ayatin in kunta mina alssadiqeena\n154. \"Thou art no more than\n A mortal like us:\n Then bring us a Sign,\n If thou tellest the truth!\"\n155. Qala hathihi naqatun laha shirbun walakum shirbu yawmin maAAloomin\n155. He said: \"Here is\n A she-camel: she has\n A right of watering,\n And ye have a right\n Of watering, (severally)\n On a day appointed.\n156. Wala tamassooha bisoo-in faya/khuthakum AAathabu yawmin AAatheemin\n156. \"Touch her not with harm,\n Lest the Penalty\n Of a Great Day\n Seize you.\"\n157. FaAAaqarooha faasbahoo nadimeena\n157. But they ham-strung her:\n Then did they become\n Full of regrets.\n158. Faakhathahumu alAAathabu inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mu/mineena\n158. But the Penalty seized them.\n Verily in this is a Sign:\n But most of them\n Do not believe.\n159. Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu\n159. And verily thy Lord\n Is He, the Exalted in Might,\n Most Merciful.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XXVI.: Shu\u2018ar\u0101a, or The Poets.: Section 8 (141-159)","type":"page"}