فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
And obey not the command of the prodigal,
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ
Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.
قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ
But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.