وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحاً أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللهَ فَإِذَا هُمْ فَرِیقَانِ یَخْتَصِمُونَ(( 45 ))
45- AND WE SENT TO THAMUD THEIR BROTHER SALIH SAYING:ِ ``WORSHIP ALLAH.'' THEN TWO SECTS AMONG THEM BEGAN QUARRELLING. (WITH EACH OTHER)
قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِالسَّیِّئَةِ قَبْلَ الْحَسَنَةِ لَوْلاَ تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ اللهَ لَعَلَّکُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ(( 46 ))
46- HE SAID:ِ ``O, MY PEOPLE! WHY DO YOU SEEK TO HASTEN EVIL BEFORE GOOD? WHY DON'T YOU ASK FOR GOD'S FORGIVENESS, THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE (GOD'S) MERCY?''
قَالُوا اطَّیَّرْنَا بِکَ وَبِمَنْ مَّعَکَ قَالَ طَائِرُکُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُونَ(( 47 ))
47- THEY SAID:ِ ``WE AUGUR BAD OMEN OF YOU AND OF THOSE WITH YOU''. HE SAID:ِ ``YOUR OMEN (GOOD OR BAD) RESTS WITH ALLAH, BUT YOU ARE A PEOPLE UNDER TRIAL.''