وَإِنْ مِّنْ قَرْیَة إِلاَّ نَحْنُ مُهْلِکُوهَا قَبْلَ یَوْمِ الْقِیَامَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَاباً شَدِیداً کَانَ ذَلِکَ فِی الْکِتَابِ مَسْطُور(( 58 ))

58- AND THERE IS NOT A TOWN UNLESS WE DESTROY IT BEFORE THE RESURRECTION DAY, OR WE PUNISH IT SEVERELY. THAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK.

وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَنْ نُّرْسِلَ بِالاْیَاتِ إِلاَّ أَنْ کَذَّبَ بِهَا الاَْوَّلُونَ وَآتَیْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا بِهَا وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالاْیَاتِ إِلاَّ تَخْوِیف(( 59 ))

59- AND NOTHING HAS PREVENTED US TO SEND DOWN THE SIGNS, EXCEPT THAT THE FOREMOST PEOPLE BELIED THEM; AND WE BROUGHT TO THAMUD (THE GREAT SIGN OF) THE SHE-CAMEL, TO OPEN THEIR EYES BUT THEY OPPRESSED HER. AND WE DO NOT SEND THE SIGNS EXCEPT FOR FRIGHTENING.

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَکَ إِنَّ رَبَّکَ أَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّؤْیَا الَّتِی أَرَیْنَاکَ إِلاَّ فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِی الْقُرْآنِ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا یَزِیدُهُمْ إِلاَّ طُغْیَاناً کَبِیر(( 60 ))

60- AND (REMEMBER) WHEN WE SAID TO YOU THAT, ``YOUR LORD HAS ENCOMPASSED PEOPLE. AND THE DREAM WHICH WE SHOWED YOU WAS NOT EXCEPT A TRIAL FOR PEOPLE; AND THE CURSED TREE IN QURÄN (IS ALSO A TRIAL). AND WE FRIGHTEN THEM, BUT IT INCREASES THEM NOTHING BUT GREAT INSOLENCE.