فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ

they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane!


أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٞ

Would a mes-sage be given to him alone out of all of us? No, he is an insolent liar!’


سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ

‘Tomorrow they will know who is the insolent liar,


إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ

for We shall send them a she-camel to test them: so watch them [Salih] and be patient.


وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ

Tell them the water is to be shared between them: each one should drink in turn.’


فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

But they called their companion, who took a sword and hamstrung the camel.


فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!



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