وَلَقَدۡ
أَرۡسَلۡنَآ
إِلَىٰ
ثَمُودَ
أَخَاهُمۡ
صَٰلِحًا
أَنِ
ٱعۡبُدُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
فَإِذَا
هُمۡ
فَرِيقَانِ
يَخۡتَصِمُونَ
٤٥

And We certainly sent to the people of Thamûd their brother Ṣâliḥ, proclaiming, “Worship Allah,” but they suddenly split into two opposing groups.1
قَالَ
يَٰقَوۡمِ
لِمَ
تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ
بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ
قَبۡلَ
ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ
لَوۡلَا
تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ
ٱللَّهَ
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
تُرۡحَمُونَ
٤٦
He urged ˹the disbelieving group˺, “O my people! Why do you ˹seek to˺ hasten the torment1 rather than grace?2 If only you sought Allah’s forgiveness so you may be shown mercy!”
قَالُواْ
ٱطَّيَّرۡنَا
بِكَ
وَبِمَن
مَّعَكَۚ
قَالَ
طَٰٓئِرُكُمۡ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِۖ
بَلۡ
أَنتُمۡ
قَوۡمٞ
تُفۡتَنُونَ
٤٧
They replied, “You and your followers are a bad omen for us.”1 He responded, “Your omens are destined by Allah. In fact, you are ˹only˺ a people being tested.”
وَكَانَ
فِي
ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ
تِسۡعَةُ
رَهۡطٖ
يُفۡسِدُونَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَلَا
يُصۡلِحُونَ
٤٨
And there were in the city nine ˹elite˺ men who spread corruption in the land, never doing what is right.
قَالُواْ
تَقَاسَمُواْ
بِٱللَّهِ
لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ
وَأَهۡلَهُۥ
ثُمَّ
لَنَقُولَنَّ
لِوَلِيِّهِۦ
مَا
شَهِدۡنَا
مَهۡلِكَ
أَهۡلِهِۦ
وَإِنَّا
لَصَٰدِقُونَ
٤٩
They vowed, “Let us swear by Allah that we will take him and his family down by night. Then we will certainly say to his ˹closest˺ heirs, ‘We did not witness the murder of his family. We are definitely telling the truth.’”
وَمَكَرُواْ
مَكۡرٗا
وَمَكَرۡنَا
مَكۡرٗا
وَهُمۡ
لَا
يَشۡعُرُونَ
٥٠
And ˹so˺ they made a plan, but We too made a plan, while they were unaware.
فَٱنظُرۡ
كَيۡفَ
كَانَ
عَٰقِبَةُ
مَكۡرِهِمۡ
أَنَّا
دَمَّرۡنَٰهُمۡ
وَقَوۡمَهُمۡ
أَجۡمَعِينَ
٥١
See then what the consequences of their plan were: We ˹utterly˺ destroyed them and their people all together.
فَتِلۡكَ
بُيُوتُهُمۡ
خَاوِيَةَۢ
بِمَا
ظَلَمُوٓاْۚ
إِنَّ
فِي
ذَٰلِكَ
لَأٓيَةٗ
لِّقَوۡمٖ
يَعۡلَمُونَ
٥٢
So their homes are there, ˹but completely˺ ruined because of their wrongdoing. Surely in this is a lesson for people of knowledge.
وَأَنجَيۡنَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
وَكَانُواْ
يَتَّقُونَ
٥٣
And We delivered those who were faithful and were mindful ˹of Allah˺.
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