قَالَ هَٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ ١٥٥
He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.
26:156
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٥٦
"Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great Day seize you."
26:157
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ ١٥٧
But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets.
26:158
فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ ١٥٨
But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
26:159
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ ١٥٩
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.