{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/02704.htm","path":"isl/quran/02704.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/02704.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n45. Walaqad arsalna ila thamooda akhahum salihan ani oAAbudoo Allaha fa-itha hum fareeqani yakhtasimoona\n45. We sent (aforetime),\n To the Tham\u016bd, their brother\n \u1e62ali\u1e25, saying, \"Serve God\":\n But behold, they became\n Two factions quarrelling\n With each other.\n46. Qala ya qawmi lima tastaAAjiloona bialssayyi-ati qabla alhasanati lawla tastaghfiroona Allaha laAAallakum turhamoona\n46. He said: \"O my people!\n Why ask ye to hasten on\nThe evil in preference to the good?\n If only ye ask God for forgiveness,\n Ye may hope to receive mercy.\n47. Qaloo ittayyarna bika wabiman maAAaka qala ta-irukum AAinda Allahi bal antum qawmun tuftanoona\n47. They said: \"Ill omen\n Do we augur from thee\n And those that are with thee\".\n He said: \"Your ill omen\n Is with God; yea, ye are\n A people under trial.\"\n48. Wakana fee almadeenati tisAAatu rahtin yufsidoona fee al-ardi wala yuslihoona\n48. There were in the City\n Nine men of a family,\n Who made mischief in the land,\n And would not reform.\n49. Qaloo taqasamoo biAllahi lanubayyitannahu waahlahu thumma lanaqoolanna liwaliyyihi ma shahidna mahlika ahlihi wa-inna lasadiqoona\n49. They said: \"Swear\n A mutual oath by God\n That we shall make\n A secret night attack\n On him and his people,\n And that we shall then\n Say to his heir (when he\n Seeks vengeance), 'We were not\n Present at the slaughter\n Of his people, and we are\n Positively telling the truth'.\"\n50. Wamakaroo makran wamakarna makran wahum la yashAAuroona\n50. They plotted and planned,\n But We too planned,\n Even while they perceived it not.\n51. Faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu makrihim anna dammarnahum waqawmahum ajmaAAeena\n51. Then see what was the end\n Of their plot!\u2014this,\n That We destroyed them\n And their people, all (of them).\n52. Fatilka buyootuhum khawiyatan bima thalamoo inna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yaAAlamoona\n52. Now such were their houses,\u2014\n In utter ruin,\u2014because\n They practised wrong-doing.\n Verily in this is a Sign\n For people of knowledge.\n53. Waanjayna allatheena amanoo wakanoo yattaqoona\n53. And We saved those\n Who believed and practised\n Righteousness.\n54. Walootan ith qala liqawmihi ata/toona alfahishata waantum tubsiroona\n54. (We also sent) L\u016bt\n (As an apostle): behold,\n He said to his people,\n \"Do ye do what is shameful\n Though ye see (its iniquity)?\n55. A-innakum lata/toona alrrijala shahwatan min dooni alnnisa-i bal antum qawmun tajhaloona\n55. Would ye really approach men\n In your lusts rather than\n Women? Nay, ye are\n A people (grossly) ignorant!\n56. Fama kana jawaba qawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoo ala lootin min qaryatikum innahum onasun yatatahharoona\n56. But his people gave\n No other answer but this:\n They said, \"Drive out\nThe followers of L\u016bt from\n Your city: these are\n Indeed men who want\n To be clean and pure!\"\n57. Faanjaynahu waahlahu illa imraatahu qaddarnaha mina alghabireena\n57. But We saved him\n And his family, except\n His wife: her We destined\n To be of those\n Who lagged behind.\n58. Waamtarna AAalayhim mataran fasaa mataru almunthareena\n58. And We rained down on them\n A shower (of brimstone):\n And evil was the shower\n On those who were admonished\n (But heeded not)!","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XXVII.: Naml, or the Ants.: Section ...","type":"page"}