وَلَقَدْ And certainly أَرْسَلْنَآ We sent إِلَىٰ to ثَمُودَ Thamud أَخَاهُمْ their brother صَـٰلِحًا Salih أَنِ that ٱعْبُدُوا۟ Worship ٱللَّهَ Allah فَإِذَا Then behold هُمْ They فَرِيقَانِ (became) two parties يَخْتَصِمُونَ quarreling ٤٥
And We had certainly sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, [saying], "Worship Allāh," and at once they were two parties conflicting.
— Come To Light
قَالَ He said يَـٰقَوْمِ O my people لِمَ Why تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ (do) you seek to hasten بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ the evil قَبْلَ before ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ the good لَوْلَا Why not تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ you ask forgiveness ٱللَّهَ (of) Allah لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تُرْحَمُونَ receive mercy ٤٦
He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"
— Come To Light
قَالُوا۟ They said ٱطَّيَّرْنَا We consider you a bad omen بِكَ We consider you a bad omen وَبِمَن and those مَّعَكَ ۚ with you قَالَ He said طَـٰٓئِرُكُمْ Your bad omen عِندَ (is) with ٱللَّهِ ۖ Allah بَلْ Nay أَنتُمْ you قَوْمٌۭ (are) a people تُفْتَنُونَ being tested ٤٧
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."
— Come To Light
وَكَانَ And were فِى in ٱلْمَدِينَةِ the city تِسْعَةُ nine رَهْطٍۢ family heads يُفْسِدُونَ they were spreading corruption فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the land وَلَا and not يُصْلِحُونَ reforming ٤٨
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
— Come To Light
قَالُوا۟ They said تَقَاسَمُوا۟ Swear to each other بِٱللَّهِ by Allah لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ surely, we will attack him by night وَأَهْلَهُۥ and his family ثُمَّ Then لَنَقُولَنَّ we will surely say لِوَلِيِّهِۦ to his heir مَا Not شَهِدْنَا we witnessed مَهْلِكَ (the) destruction أَهْلِهِۦ (of) his family وَإِنَّا and indeed, we لَصَـٰدِقُونَ (are) surely truthful ٤٩
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, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'"
— Come To Light
وَمَكَرُوا۟ So they plotted مَكْرًۭا a plot وَمَكَرْنَا and We planned مَكْرًۭا a plan وَهُمْ while they لَا (did) not يَشْعُرُونَ perceive ٥٠
And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.
— Come To Light
فَٱنظُرْ Then see كَيْفَ how كَانَ was عَـٰقِبَةُ (the) end مَكْرِهِمْ (of) their plot أَنَّا that We دَمَّرْنَـٰهُمْ destroyed them وَقَوْمَهُمْ and their people أَجْمَعِينَ all ٥١
Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.
— Come To Light
فَتِلْكَ So, these بُيُوتُهُمْ (are) their houses خَاوِيَةًۢ ruined بِمَا because ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗ they wronged إِنَّ Indeed فِى in ذَٰلِكَ that لَـَٔايَةًۭ surely, is a sign لِّقَوْمٍۢ for a people يَعْلَمُونَ who know ٥٢
So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.
— Come To Light
وَأَنجَيْنَا And We saved ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believed وَكَانُوا۟ and used (to) يَتَّقُونَ fear (Allah) ٥٣
And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.
— Come To Light
وَلُوطًا And Lut إِذْ when قَالَ he said لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ to his people أَتَأْتُونَ Do you commit ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ [the] immorality وَأَنتُمْ while you تُبْصِرُونَ see ٥٤
And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, "Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?
— Come To Light
أَئِنَّكُمْ Why do you لَتَأْتُونَ approach ٱلرِّجَالَ the men شَهْوَةًۭ (with) lust مِّن instead of دُونِ instead of ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ the women بَلْ Nay أَنتُمْ you قَوْمٌۭ (are) a people تَجْهَلُونَ ignorant ٥٥
Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."
— Come To Light
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