وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad We sent arsalnā to ilā Thamud thamūda their brother akhāhum Salih ṣāliḥan that ani Worship uʿ'budū Allah l-laha Then behold fa-idhā They hum (became) two parties farīqāni quarreling yakhtaṣimūna
And We had certainly sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, [saying], "Worship Allāh," and at once they were two parties conflicting.
قَالَ He said qāla O my people yāqawmi Why lima (do) you seek to hasten tastaʿjilūna the evil bil-sayi-ati before qabla the good l-ḥasanati Why not lawlā you ask forgiveness tastaghfirūna (of) Allah l-laha so that you may laʿallakum receive mercy tur'ḥamūna
He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good?1 Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"
قَالُوا۟ They said qālū We consider you a bad omen iṭṭayyarnā We consider you a bad omen bika and those wabiman with you maʿaka He said qāla Your bad omen ṭāirukum (is) with ʿinda Allah l-lahi Nay bal you antum (are) a people qawmun being tested tuf'tanūna
They said, "We consider you a bad omen, you and those with you." He said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with Allāh. Rather, you are a people being tested."1
وَكَانَ And were wakāna in fī the city l-madīnati nine tis'ʿatu family heads rahṭin they were spreading corruption yuf'sidūna in fī the land l-arḍi and not walā reforming yuṣ'liḥūna
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
قَالُوا۟ They said qālū Swear to each other taqāsamū by Allah bil-lahi surely, we will attack him by night lanubayyitannahu and his family wa-ahlahu Then thumma we will surely say lanaqūlanna to his heir liwaliyyihi Not mā we witnessed shahid'nā (the) destruction mahlika (of) his family ahlihi and indeed, we wa-innā (are) surely truthful laṣādiqūna
They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allāh that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor,1 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'"
وَمَكَرُوا۟ So they plotted wamakarū a plot makran and We planned wamakarnā a plan makran while they wahum (did) not lā perceive yashʿurūna
And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.
فَٱنظُرْ Then see fa-unẓur how kayfa was kāna (the) end ʿāqibatu (of) their plot makrihim that We annā destroyed them dammarnāhum and their people waqawmahum all ajmaʿīna
Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.
فَتِلْكَ So, these fatil'ka (are) their houses buyūtuhum ruined khāwiyatan because bimā they wronged ẓalamū Indeed inna in fī that dhālika surely, is a sign laāyatan for a people liqawmin who know yaʿlamūna
So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.
وَأَنجَيْنَا And We saved wa-anjaynā those who alladhīna believed āmanū and used (to) wakānū fear (Allah) yattaqūna
And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.
وَلُوطًا And Lut walūṭan when idh he said qāla to his people liqawmihi Do you commit atatūna [the] immorality l-fāḥishata while you wa-antum see tub'ṣirūna
And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality1 while you are seeing?2
أَئِنَّكُمْ Why do you a-innakum approach latatūna the men l-rijāla (with) lust shahwatan instead of min instead of dūni the women l-nisāi Nay bal you antum (are) a people qawmun ignorant tajhalūna
Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."