إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَة ً وَمَا كَانَ أَكثَرُهُممُؤمِنِينَ

Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

'Inna Fi Dhalika La'ayatan Wa Ma Kana 'Aktharuhum Mu'uminina

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ العَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily! Your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.

Wa 'Inna Rabbaka Lahuwa Al-`Azizu Ar-Raĥimu

كَذَّبَت عَاد ٌ المُرسَلِينَ

'Ad (people) belied the Messengers.

Kadhdhabat `Ādun Al-Mursalina

إِذ قَالَ لَهُم أَخُوهُم هُودٌ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Hud said to them: "Will you not fear Allah and obey Him?

'Idh Qala Lahum 'Akhūhum Hūdun 'Ala Tattaqūna

إِنِّي لَكُم رَسُولٌ أَمِين ٌ

"Verily! I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.

'Inni Lakum Rasūlun 'Aminun

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah, keep your duty to Him, and obey me.

Fattaqū Allaha Wa 'Aţi`ūni

وَمَا أَسأَلُكُم عَلَيهِ مِن أَجْر ٍ إِن أَجْرِي إِلاَّ عَلَى رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it (my Message of Islamic Monotheism), my reward is only from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns, and all that exists).

Wa Ma 'As'alukum `Alayhi Min 'Ajrin 'In 'Ajri 'Illa `Alá Rabbi Al-`Ālamina

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيع ٍ آيَة ً تَعبَثُونَ

"Do you build high palaces on every high place, while you do not live in them?

'Atabnūna Bikulli Ri`in 'Āyatan Ta`bathūna

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُم تَخلُدُونَ

"And do you get for yourselves palaces (fine buildings) as if you will live therein for ever.

Wa Tattakhidhūna Maşani`a La`allakum Takhludūna

وَإِذَا بَطَشتُمبَطَشتُم جَبَّارِينَ

"And when you seize, seize you as tyrants?

Wa 'Idha Baţashtum Baţashtum Jabbarina

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah, keep your duty to Him, and obey me.

Fattaqū Allaha Wa 'Aţi`ūni

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمبِمَا تَعلَمُونَ

"And keep your duty to Him, fear Him Who has aided you with all (good things) that you know.

Wa Attaqū Al-Ladhi 'Amaddakum Bima Ta`lamūna

أَمَدَّكُمبِأَنعَام ٍ وَبَنِينَ

"He has aided you with cattle and children.

'Amaddakum Bi'an`amin Wa Banina

وَجَنَّات ٍ وَعُيُون ٍ

"And gardens and springs.

Wa Jannatin Wa `Uyūnin

إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيكُم عَذَابَ يَومٍ عَظِيم ٍ

"Verily, I fear for you the torment of a Great Day."

'Inni 'Akhafu `Alaykum `Adhaba Yawmin `Ažimin

قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَينَا أَوَعَظتَ أَم لَم تَكُنمِنَ الوَاعِظِينَ

They said: "It is the same to us whether you preach or be not of those who preach.

Qalū Sawa'un `Alayna 'Awa`ažta 'Am Lam Takun Mina Al-Wa`ižina

إِن هَذَا إِلاَّ خُلُقُ الأَوَّلِينَ

"This is no other than the false-tales and religion of the ancients, [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol.19, Page 97]

'In Hadha 'Illa Khuluqu Al-'Awwalina

وَمَا نَحنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

"And we are not going to be punished."

Wa Ma Naĥnu Bimu`adhdhabina

فَكَذَّبُوه ُُ فَأَهلَكنَاهُم إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَة ً وَمَا كَانَ أَكثَرُهُممُؤمِنِينَ

So they belied him, and We destroyed them. Verily! In this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

Fakadhdhabūhu Fa'ahlaknahum 'Inna Fi Dhalika La'ayatan Wa Ma Kana 'Aktharuhum Mu'uminina

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ العَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily! Your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.

Wa 'Inna Rabbaka Lahuwa Al-`Azizu Ar-Raĥimu

كَذَّبَت ثَمُودُ المُرسَلِينَ

Thamud (people) belied the Messenger.

Kadhdhabat Thamūdu Al-Mursalina

إِذ قَالَ لَهُم أَخُوهُم صَالِحٌ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ

When their brother Salih (Saleh) said to them: "Will you not fear Allah and obey Him?

'Idh Qala Lahum 'Akhūhum Şaliĥun 'Ala Tattaqūna

إِنِّي لَكُم رَسُولٌ أَمِين ٌ

"I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.

'Inni Lakum Rasūlun 'Aminun

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah, keep your duty to Him, and obey me.

Fattaqū Allaha Wa 'Aţi`ūni

وَمَا أَسأَلُكُم عَلَيهِ مِن أَجْر ٍ إِن أَجْرِيَ إِلاَّ عَلَى رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ

"No reward do I ask of you for it (my Message of Islamic Monotheism), my reward is only from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).

Wa Ma 'As'alukum `Alayhi Min 'Ajrin 'In 'Ajriya 'Illa `Alá Rabbi Al-`Ālamina

أَتُترَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ

"Will you be left secure in that which you have here?

'Atutrakūna Fi Ma Hahuna 'Āminina

فِي جَنَّات ٍ وَعُيُون ٍ

"In gardens and springs.

Fi Jannatin Wa `Uyūnin

وَزُرُوع ٍ وَنَخل ٍ طَلعُهَا هَضِيم ٌ

And green crops (fields etc.) and date-palms with soft spadix.

Wa Zurū`in Wa Nakhlin Ţal`uha Hađimun

وَتَنحِتُونَ مِنَ الجِبَالِ بُيُوتا ً فَارِهِينَ

"And you carve houses out of mountains with great skill.

Wa Tanĥitūna Mina Al-Jibali Buyūtaan Farihina

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

"So fear Allah, keep your duty to Him, and obey me.

Fattaqū Allaha Wa 'Aţi`ūni

وَلاَ تُطِيعُوا أَمرَ المُسرِفِينَ

"And follow not the command of Al-Musrifun [i.e. their chiefs, leaders who were polytheists, criminals and sinners],

Wa La Tuţi`ū 'Amra Al-Musrifina

الَّذِينَ يُفسِدُونَ فِي الأَرضِ وَلاَ يُصلِحُونَ

"Who make mischief in the land, and reform not."

Al-Ladhina Yufsidūna Fi Al-'Arđi Wa La Yuşliĥūna

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ المُسَحَّرِينَ

They said: "You are only of those bewitched!

Qalū 'Innama 'Anta Mina Al-Musaĥĥarina

مَا أَنْتَ إِلاَّ بَشَر ٌ مِثلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَة ٍ إِنكُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

"You are but a human being like us. Then bring us a sign if you are of the truthful."

Ma 'Anta 'Illa Basharun Mithluna Fa'ti Bi'ayatin 'In Kunta Mina Aş-Şadiqina

قَالَ هَذِه ِِ نَاقَة ٌ لَهَا شِرب ٌ وَلَكُم شِربُ يَوم ٍ مَعلُوم ٍ

He said: "Here is a she-camel; it has a right to drink (water), and you have a right to drink (water) (each) on a day, known.

Qala Hadhihi Naqatun Laha Shirbun Wa Lakum Shirbu Yawmin Ma`lūmin

وَلاَ تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوء ٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُم عَذَابُ يَومٍ عَظِيم ٍ

"And touch her not with harm, lest the torment of a Great Day seize you."

Wa La Tamassūha Bisū'in Faya'khudhakum `Adhabu Yawmin `Ažimin

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ

But they killed her, and then they became regretful.

Fa`aqarūha Fa'aşbaĥū Nadimina

فَأَخَذَهُمُ العَذَابُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَة ً وَمَا كَانَ أَكثَرُهُممُؤمِنِينَ

So the torment overtook them. Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

Fa'akhadhahumu Al-`Adhabu 'Inna Fi Dhalika La'ayatan Wa Ma Kana 'Aktharuhum Mu'uminina

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ العَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

And verily! Your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.

Wa 'Inna Rabbaka Lahuwa Al-`Azizu Ar-Raĥimu

كَذَّبَت قَومُ لُوط ٍ المُرسَلِينَ

The prople of Lout (Lot) (those dwelt in the towns of Sodom in Palestine) belied the Messengers

Kadhdhabat Qawmu Lūţin Al-Mursalina