قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
He said, "This is a she-camel. To her is a (time of) drinking and to you (another time of) drinking, on a known day.
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
And do not touch her with an odious (treatment) so that there takes you (away) the torment of a Tremendous Day."
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ
Yet they hamstrung her, (and) so they became remorseful.
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Then the torment took them (away). Surely in that is indeed a sign, and in no way were most of them believers.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And surely your Lord, He is indeed The Ever-Mighty, The Ever-Merciful.
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
The people of Lut (Lot) cried lies to the Emissaries,
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
As their brother L?t said to them, "Will you not be pious?