قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِيٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ
(7:76) The haughty ones remarked. 'Most certainly we disbelieve in that which
you believe.'
you believe.'
فَعَقَرُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَقَالُواْ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
(7:77) Then they hamstrung the she-camel,1 disdainfuliy disobeyed
the commandment of their Lord, and said: '0 Salih! Bring upon us the scourge
with which you threatened us if you are truly a Messenger [of Allah].'
the commandment of their Lord, and said: '0 Salih! Bring upon us the scourge
with which you threatened us if you are truly a Messenger [of Allah].'
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ
(7:78) Thereupon a shocking catastrophe seized them,2 so that
they lay prostrate in their dwellings.
they lay prostrate in their dwellings.
فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لَقَدۡ أَبۡلَغۡتُكُمۡ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي وَنَصَحۡتُ لَكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ
(7:79) And Salih left them, saying: 'O my people! I conveyed to you the message
of my Lord and gave you good advice; but you have no liking for your well-wishers.'
of my Lord and gave you good advice; but you have no liking for your well-wishers.'
وَلُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنۡ أَحَدٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
(7:80) And remember when We sent Lot [as a Messeng to his people and he said
to them:3 'Do you realize you practise an indecency of which no
other people in the world were guilty of before you?
to them:3 'Do you realize you practise an indecency of which no
other people in the world were guilty of before you?