21. وَاذْکُرْ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذْ أَنْذَرَ قَوْمَهُ بِالاَْحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ النُّذُرُ مِنْ بَیْنِ یَدَیْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُوا إِلاَّ اللهَ إِنِّی أَخَافُ عَلَیْکُمْ عَذَابَ یَوْمٍ عَظِیمٍ
21- AND MAKE A MENTION OF THE BROTHER AD, WHEN HE WARNED HIS PEOPLE IN THE AHGHAF, WHILE OTHER WARNERS HAD ALREADY PASSED AWAY FAR OR NEAR; THAT DO NOT WORSHIP (ANY ONE OR ANYTHING) EXCEPT ALLAH, BECAUSE I FEAR FOR YOU THE TORMENT OF A GREAT DAY.
22. قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِکَنَا عَنْ آلِهَتِنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِنْ کُنْتَ مِنْ الصَّادِقِینَ
22- THEY SAID:- ``HAVE YOU COME TO TURN US AWAY FROM OUR GODS? THEN BRING US (THE TORMENT) THAT YOU PROMISE, IF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE.''
23. قَالَ إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَأُبَلِّغُکُمْ مَا أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ وَلَکِنِّی أَرَاکُمْ قَوْمآ تَجْهَلُونَ
23- HE SAID:- ``VERILY THE KNOWLEDGE IS WITH ALLAH, AND I CONVEY TO YOU WHAT I AM SENT WITH. (GOD'S MESSAGE) BUT I SEE YOU A PEOPEL WHO IGNORE WILLFULLY.''
24. فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضآ مُسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِیَتِهِمْ قَالُوا هَذَا عَارِضٌ مُمْطِرُنَا بَلْ هُوَ مَا اسْتَعْجَلْتُمْ بِهِ رِیحٌ فِیهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِیمٌ
24- THEN WHEN THEY SAW IT AS A WIDESPREAD CLOUD APPROACHING THEIR VALLEYS, THEY SAID; THIS IS A CLOUD THAT WILL RAIN FOR US. (OH! NOT SO AS YOU THINK) IT RATHER IS WHAT YOU SOUGHT TO HASTEN - IT IS A WIND IN WHICH THERE IS A PAINFUL TORMENT.
25. تُدَمِّرُ کُلَّ شَیْءٍ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا لاَ یُرَى إِلاَّ مَسَاکِنُهُمْ کَذَلِکَ نَجْزِی الْقَوْمَ الْمُجْرِمِینَ
25- DESTROYING ALL THINGS AS PER ORDER OF ITS LORD!
THEN THE MORNING CAME IN WHICH NOTHING COULD BE SEEN EXCEPT THEIR HOUSES! SO DO WE RECOMPENSE A PEOPLE WHO ARE SINNERS.