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."

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].

فَكَيفَ كانَ عَذابي وَنُذُرِ

And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

إِنّا أَرسَلنا عَلَيهِم صَيحَةً واحِدَةً فَكانوا كَهَشيمِ المُحتَظِرِ

Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.