إِنّا أَرسَلنا عَلَيهِم ريحًا صَرصَرًا في يَومِ نَحسٍ مُستَمِرٍّ
Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
تَنزِعُ النّاسَ كَأَنَّهُم أَعجازُ نَخلٍ مُنقَعِرٍ
Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
فَكَيفَ كانَ عَذابي وَنُذُرِ
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
وَلَقَد يَسَّرنَا القُرآنَ لِلذِّكرِ فَهَل مِن مُدَّكِرٍ
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
كَذَّبَت ثَمودُ بِالنُّذُرِ
Thamud denied the warning
فَقالوا أَبَشَرًا مِنّا واحِدًا نَتَّبِعُهُ إِنّا إِذًا لَفي ضَلالٍ وَسُعُرٍ
And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
أَأُلقِيَ الذِّكرُ عَلَيهِ مِن بَينِنا بَل هُوَ كَذّابٌ أَشِرٌ
Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
سَيَعلَمونَ غَدًا مَنِ الكَذّابُ الأَشِرُ
They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
إِنّا مُرسِلُو النّاقَةِ فِتنَةً لَهُم فَارتَقِبهُم وَاصطَبِر
Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
وَنَبِّئهُم أَنَّ الماءَ قِسمَةٌ بَينَهُم ۖ كُلُّ شِربٍ مُحتَضَرٌ
And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
فَنادَوا صاحِبَهُم فَتَعاطىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].