قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ

They said, ‘You are bewitched!


مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

You are nothing but a man like us. Show us a sign, if you are telling the truth.’


قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ

He said, ‘Here is a camel. She should have her turn to drink and so should you, each on a specified day,


وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ

so do not harm her, or the punishment of a terrible day will befall you.’


فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ

But they hamstrung her. In the morning they had cause to regret it:


فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

the punishment fell upon them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:


وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.


كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

The people of Lot, too, called the messengers liars.



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