وَإِلى ثَمُودُ أَخَاهُمْ صَـلِحاً قَالَ یَـقَوم اعْبُدُوا اللهَ مَا لَکُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـه غَیْرُهُ قَدْ جَآءَتْکُمْ بَیِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّکُمْ هَـذِهِ نَاقَةُ اللهِ لَکُمْ ءَایَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْکُلْ فِى أَرْضِ اللهِ وَلاَتَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوء فَیَأْخُذَکُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِیمٌ (73)

73- AND TO THAMUD THEIR BROTHER SALIH: HE SAID: `O, MY PEOPLE! WORSHIP ALLAH. YOU HAVE NO GOD OTHER THAN HIM. THERE HAS COME TO YOU AN EVIDENCE FROM YOUR LORD. THIS IS ALLAH'S SHE-CAMEL, AS A SIGN FOR YOU. LEAVE HER TO GRAZE ON ALLAH'S EARTH, AND TOUCH HER NOT WITH HARM; LEST YOU BE SEIZED BY A PAINFUL PUNISHMENT.

واذْکُرُوا إِذْ جَعَلَکُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِن بَعْدِ عَاد وَبَوَّأَکُمْ فِى الاَْرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُوراً وَتَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبالَ بُیُوتاً فَاذْکُرُوا ءَالاَءَ اللهِ وَلاَ تَعْثَوْا فِى الاَْرْضِ مَفْسِدینَ (74)

76- AND REMEMBER THAT HE MADE YOU HEIRS AFTER AAD, AND SETTLED YOU IN THE LAND - YOU TAKE ITS PLAINS FOR PALACES, AND HEW ITS MOUNTAINS INTO HOUSES. THEN REMEMBER ALLAH'S BOUNTIES, AND DO NOT CORRUPT THE EARTH WITH MISCHIEF.

قَالَ الْمَلاَُ الَّذِینَ اسْتَکْبَرُوا مِن قَومِهِ لِلَّذِینَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِمَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَـلِحاً مُّرْسَلٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ قَالُوا إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلُ بِهِ مُؤمِنُونَ (75)

75- THE HAUGHTY CHIEFTAINS OF HIS PEOPLE SAID TO THOSE BELIEVERS WHO WERE WEAKENED: `DO YOU REALLY KNOW THAT SALEH IS A MESSENGER OF HIS LORD?' THEY SAID: `WE BELIEVE IN THE MESSAGE THAT HAS BEEN SENT THROUGH HIM.'

قَالَ الَّذِینَ اسْتَکْبَرُوا إِنَّا بِالَّذِى ءَامَنتُم بِهِ کَـفِرُونَ (76)

76- THOSE WHO WERE HAUGHTY SAID: `WE HAVE NO FAITH IN THAT WHICH YOU BELIEVE.'

فَعَقَرُوا النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا یَـصَـلِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن کُنتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِینَ (77)

77- SO THEY HAMSTRUNG THE SHE- CAMEL, AND DISOBEYED THE ORDER OF THEIR LORD, AND SAID: `O, SALEH! BRING US WHAT YOU THREATENED US WITH; IF YOU ARE REALLY ONE OF THE APOSTLES.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـثِمِینَ (78)

78- THEN AN EARTHQUAKE SEIZED THEM; AND IN THE MORNING THEY SAT MOVELESS IN THEIR HOMES.

فَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ یَـقَومِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُکُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَکُمْ وَلَـکِن لاَّ تُحِبُّونَ النَّـصِحِینَ (79)

79- SO HE LEFT THEM, SAYING: `O, MY PEOPLE! VERILY I CONVEYED TO YOU THE MESSAGE OF MY LORD AND ADVISED YOU, BUT YOU DON'T LIKE SINCERE ADVISERS.'