كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ ٢٣
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ ٢٣
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِنَّا وَاحِدًا نَتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤
For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!
أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ ٢٥
"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ ٢٦
Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ ٢٧
For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!