لَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فِيهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ
(21:10) We have bestowed upon you a Book that mentions you. Do you not understand?2
وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٖ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةٗ وَأَنشَأۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
(21:11) How many a wrong-doing town did We shatter and then raise up another
people.
people.
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ
(21:12) Then, when they perceived Our chastisement3 they took
to their heels and fled.
to their heels and fled.
لَا تَرۡكُضُواْ وَٱرۡجِعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ
(21:13) (They were told): "Flee not, but return to your comforts and to your
dwellings. You are likely to be questioned."4
dwellings. You are likely to be questioned."4
قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
(21:14) They said: "Woe to us; surely we were wrong-doers."
فَمَا زَالَت تِّلۡكَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ
(21:15) They did not cease to cry this until We reduced them to stubble,
still and silent.
still and silent.