فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُکُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَاد وَثَمُودَ(( 13 ))

13- THEN IF THEY TURN AWAY, SAY:- ``I WARN YOU OF A THUNDERBOLT, LIKE THE THUNDERBOLT THAT OVERTOOK ÄD AND THAMUD.

إِذْ جَاءَتْهُمُ الرُّسُلُ مِنْ بَیْنِ أَیْدِیهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُوا إِلاَّ اللهَ قَالُوا لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّنَا لاََنزَلَ مَلاَئِکَةً فَإِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ کَافِرُونَ(( 14 ))

14- WHEN THEIR MESSENGERS CAME TO THEM FROM BEFORE THEM, AND FROM BEHIND THEM; SAYING, DO NOT WORSHIP (ANYTHING OR ANY ONE) EXCEPT ALLAH; THEY SAID:- ``HAD OUR LORD WILLED, HE WOULD HAVE SENT DOWN ANGELS; WE THEREFORE BELIEVE NOT IN WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SENT WITH.

فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْتَکْبَرُوا فِی الاَْرْضِ بِغَیْرِ الْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً أَوَلَمْ یَرَوْا أَنَّ اللهَ الَّذِی خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَکَانُوا بِآیَاتِنَا یَجْحَدُونَ(( 15 ))

15- AS FOR طD; THEY BECAME PROUD IN THE EARTH, WITHOUT ANY RIGHT, AND SAID; WHO IS STRONGER THAN US IN MIGHT!? DID THEY NOT SEE THAT ALLAH, WHO CREATED THEM; HE IS STRONGER THAN THEM IN MIGHT? AND THEY WERE CONTINUOUSLY DENYING OUR SIGNS.

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ رِیحاً صَرْصَراً فِی أَیَّام نَحِسَات لِنُذِیقَهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْىِ فِی الْحَیَاةِ الدُّنْیَا وَلَعَذَابُ الاْخِرَةِ أَخْزَى وَهُمْ لاَ یُنْصَرُونَ(( 16 ))

16- SO WE SENT AGAINST THEM A HOWLING, COLD, WIND IN ILL-OMENED DAYS, IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM TASTE THE HUMILIATING PUNISHMENT IN THIS WORLD. AND THE PUNISHMENT IN THE WORLD TO COME IS MORE DEBASING, AND THEY WILL NOT BE HELPED.