وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٖ مُّقِيمٍ
(15:76) The place (where this occurred) lies along a known route.2
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
(15:77) Verily there is a Sign in this for the believers.
وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ
(15:78) And the people of Aykah were also wrong-doers.3
فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ
(15:79) So We chastised them. The desolate locations of both communities
lie on a well-known highway.4
lie on a well-known highway.4
وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
(15:80) Surely the people of al-Hijr5 also rejected the Messengers,
calling them liars.
calling them liars.
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِينَ
(15:81) We also gave them Our Signs, yet they turned away from them.
وَكَانُواْ يَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ
(15:82) They used to hew out houses from the mountains6 and lived
in security.
in security.