وَمَا

مَنَعَنَآ

أَن

نُّرۡسِلَ

بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ

إِلَّآ

أَن

كَذَّبَ

بِهَا

ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَۚ

وَءَاتَيۡنَا

ثَمُودَ

ٱلنَّاقَةَ

مُبۡصِرَةٗ

فَظَلَمُواْ

بِهَاۚ

وَمَا

نُرۡسِلُ

بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ

إِلَّا

تَخۡوِيفٗا

٥٩

Nothing made us refrain from sending the signs (demanded by the pagans,) except that the earlier people had rejected them. (For example,) We gave Thamūd the she-camel, as an eye-opener, then they did wrong to her, and We do not send signs but as a warning.