6- Al-Anaam
111  Even  if  We  did  send  unto  them angels, and the dead did speak unto them, and
We  gathered  together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe,
unless it is in Allah's plan. But most of them ignore (the truth).
112  Likewise  did  We  make  for  every  Messenger  an enemy,- evil ones among men
and  jinns,  inspiring  each  other  with  flowery  discourses by way of deception. If thy
Lord  had  so planned, they would not have done it: so leave them and their inventions
alone.
113  To  such  (deceit) let the hearts of those incline, who have no faith in the hereafter:
let them delight in it, and let them earn from it what they may.
114  Say:  "Shall  I seek for judge other than Allah? - when He it is Who hath sent unto
you  the  Book, explained in detail." They know full well, to whom We have given the
Book,  that  it hath been sent down from thy Lord in truth. Never be then of those who
doubt.
115  The  word  of  thy  Lord  doth  find its fulfilment in truth and in justice: None can
change His words: for He is the one who heareth and knoweth all.
116  Wert  thou  to  follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead thee away
from the way of Allah. They follow nothing but conjecture: they do nothing but lie.
117  Thy  Lord  knoweth  best who strayeth from His way: He knoweth best who they
are that receive His guidance.
118  So  eat  of  (meats)  on which Allah's name hath been pronounced, if ye have faith
in His signs.
119  Why  should  ye not eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been pronounced,
when  He  hath  explained  to  you  in  detail  what  is  forbidden  to you - except under
compulsion  of  necessity? But many do mislead (men) by their appetites unchecked by
knowledge. Thy Lord knoweth best those who transgress.
120  Eschew  all  sin,  open  or  secret:  those  who earn sin will get due recompense for
their "earnings."
121  Eat  not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced: That would
be  impiety.  But  the  evil ones ever inspire their friends to contend with you if ye were
to obey them, ye would indeed be Pagans.
122  Can  he  who  was  dead, to whom We gave life, and a light whereby he can walk
amongst  men,  be  like  him who is in the depths of darkness, from which he can never
come out? Thus to those without faith their own deeds seem pleasing.
123  Thus  have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men, to plot (and burrow)
therein: but they only plot against their own souls, and they perceive it not.
124  When  there  comes  to  them a sign (from Allah), They say: "We shall not believe
until    we  receive  one  (exactly)  like  those  received  by  Allah's  messengers."  Allah
knoweth  best  where  (and  how)  to  carry  out  His  mission. Soon will the wicked be
overtaken by humiliation before Allah, and a severe punishment, for all their plots.
125  Those  whom  Allah  (in  His  plan)  willeth  to  guide,- He openeth their breast to
Islam;  those  whom  He  willeth  to  leave  straying,-  He  maketh their breast close and
constricted,  as  if  they  had to climb up to the skies: thus doth Allah (heap) the penalty
on those who refuse to believe.
126  This  is the way of thy Lord, leading straight: We have detailed the signs for those
who receive admonition.
127  For  them  will  be  a  home of peace in the presence of their Lord: He will be their
friend, because they practised (righteousness).
128  One  day  will  He  gather  them  all  together, (and say): "O ye assembly of Jinns!
Much  (toll)  did  ye  take of men." Their friends amongst men will say: "Our Lord! we
made  profit  from  each  other:  but  (alas!)  we  reached  our  term  -  which  thou didst
appoint  for  us."  He will say: "The Fire be your dwelling-place: you will dwell therein
for ever, except as Allah willeth." for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.
129 Thus do we make the wrong-doers turn to each other, because of what they earn.
130  "O  ye  assembly  of  Jinns  and  men!  came  there not unto you messengers from
amongst  you,  setting  forth  unto  you  My  signs,  and warning you of the meeting of
this  Day  of  yours?" They will say: "We bear witness against ourselves." It was the life
of  this  world  that  deceived  them.  So  against  themselves will they bear witness that
they rejected Faith.
131   (The  messengers  were  sent)  thus,  for  thy  Lord  would  not  destroy  for  their
wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned.
132   To  all  are  degrees  (or  ranks)  according  to  their  deeds:  for  thy  Lord  is  not
unmindful of anything that they do.
133  Thy  Lord  is  self-sufficient,  full  of  Mercy:  if it were His will, He could destroy
you,  and  in  your  place  appoint  whom He will as your successors, even as He raised
you up from the posterity of other people.
134  All  that hath been promised unto you will come to pass: nor can ye frustrate it (in
the least bit).
135  Say:  "O  my  people! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): soon will ye know
who  it  is  whose  end  will  be  (best) in the Hereafter: certain it is that the wrong-doers
will not prosper."
136   Out  of  what  Allah  hath  produced  in  abundance  in  tilth  and  in  cattle,  they
assigned  Him  a share: they say, according to their fancies: "This is for Allah, and this"
-  for  our  "partners"!  but  the  share  of  their"  partners "reacheth not Allah, whilst the
share of Allah reacheth their "partners" ! evil (and unjust) is their assignment!
137  Even  so,  in  the  eyes  of  most  of  the pagans, their "partners" made alluring the
slaughter  of  their  children,  in  order  to lead them to their own destruction, and cause
confusion  in  their  religion.  If  Allah  had  willed,  they  would not have done so: But
leave alone them and their inventions.
138  And  they  say  that  such and such cattle and crops are taboo, and none should eat
of  them  except  those whom - so they say - We wish; further, there are cattle forbidden
to  yoke  or  burden,  and  cattle  on  which,  (at  slaughter),  the  name  of  Allah  is not
pronounced;  -  inventions  against  Allah's  name:  soon  will  He requite them for their
inventions.
139  They  say: "What is in the wombs of such and such cattle is specially reserved (for
food)  for  our  men,  and  forbidden  to  our women; but if it is still-born, then all have
share  therein.  For  their  (false)  attribution  (of  superstitions  to  Allah),  He  will soon
punish them: for He is full of wisdom and knowledge.
140  Lost  are those who slay their children, from folly, without knowledge, and forbid
food  which  Allah  hath  provided  for  them, inventing (lies) against Allah. They have
indeed gone astray and heeded no guidance.
141  It  is  He  Who  produceth  gardens,  with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth
with  produce  of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different
(in  variety):  eat  of  their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the
day  that  the  harvest  is  gathered.  But  waste  not  by  excess: for Allah loveth not the
wasters.
142   Of  the  cattle  are  some  for  burden  and  some  for  meat:  eat  what  Allah  hath
provided  for  you,  and  follow not the footsteps of Satan: for he is to you and avowed
enemy.
143  (Take)  eight  (head  of  cattle)  in  (four) pairs: of sheep a pair, and of goats a pair;
say,  hath  He  forbidden  the  two  males, or the two females, or (the young) which the
wombs of the two females enclose? Tell me with knowledge if ye are truthful:
144  Of  camels  a  pair,  and  oxen  a pair; say, hath He forbidden the two males, or the
two  females,  or  (the  young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? - Were ye
present  when  Allah  ordered  you  such  a  thing? But who doth more wrong than one
who  invents  a  lie  against  Allah,  to  lead  astray  men without knowledge? For Allah
guideth not people who do wrong.
145    Say:  "I  find  not  in  the  message  received  by  me  by  inspiration  any  (meat)
forbidden  to  be  eaten  by  one  who  wishes  to eat it, unless it be dead meat, or blood
poured  forth,  or  the  flesh  of  swine,-  for  it  is an abomination - or, what is impious,
(meat)  on  which  a  name  has  been  invoked,  other  than Allah's". But (even so), if a
person  is  forced  by  necessity,  without  wilful  disobedience,  nor  transgressing  due
limits,- thy Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
146    For   those  who  followed  the  Jewish  Law,  We  forbade  every  (animal)  with
undivided  hoof,  and  We  forbade  them  that  fat of the ox and the sheep, except what
adheres  to  their  backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone: this in recompense
for their wilful disobedience: for We are true (in Our ordinances).
147  If  they  accuse  thee of falsehood, say: "Your Lord is full of mercy all-embracing;
but from people in guilt never will His wrath be turned back.
148  Those  who  give partners (to Allah) will say: "If Allah had wished, we should not
have  given  partners  to  Him  nor  would  our  fathers;  nor  should  we  have had any
taboos."  So  did  their  ancestors  argue  falsely,  until  they  tasted  of  Our wrath. Say:
"Have  ye  any  (certain) knowledge? If so, produce it before us. Ye follow nothing but
conjecture: ye do nothing but lie."
149  Say:  "With  Allah  is  the  argument that reaches home: if it had been His will, He
could indeed have guided you all."
150  Say:  "Bring  forward  your witnesses to prove that Allah did forbid so and so." If
they  bring  such  witnesses,  be  not  thou  amongst  them:  Nor  follow  thou  the vain
desires    of  such  as  treat  our  signs  as  falsehoods,  and  such  as  believe  not  in  the
Hereafter: for they hold others as equal with their Guardian-Lord.
151  Say:  "Come,  I  will  rehearse what Allah hath (really) prohibited you from": Join
not  anything  as  equal  with Him; be good to your parents; kill not your children on a
plea  of  want;-  We  provide  sustenance  for  you  and  for  them;-  come  not  nigh  to
shameful  deeds.  Whether  open  or secret; take not life, which Allah hath made sacred,
except  by  way  of  justice  and  law:  thus  doth  He  command you, that ye may learn
wisdom.
152  And  come  not  nigh to the orphan's property, except to improve it, until he attain
the  age  of full strength; give measure and weight with (full) justice;- no burden do We
place  on  any  soul,  but  that which it can bear;- whenever ye speak, speak justly, even
if    a    near  relative  is  concerned;  and  fulfil  the  covenant  of  Allah:  thus  doth  He
command you, that ye may remember.
153  Verily,  this  is  My  way, leading straight: follow it: follow not (other) paths: they
will  scatter  you  about from His (great) path: thus doth He command you. that ye may
be righteous.
154  Moreover,  We  gave  Moses  the  Book,  completing  (Our  favour)  to those who
would  do  right, and explaining all things in detail,- and a guide and a mercy, that they
might believe in the meeting with their Lord.
155  And  this  is  a  Book  which  We  have  revealed as a blessing: so follow it and be
righteous, that ye may receive mercy:
156  Lest  ye  should  say: "The Book was sent down to two Peoples before us, and for
our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they learned by assiduous study:"
157  Or  lest  ye  should  say:  "If  the  Book had only been sent down to us, we should
have  followed  its  guidance  better  than  they."  Now then hath come unto you a clear
(sign)  from  your  Lord,-  and  a  guide  and  a mercy: then who could do more wrong
than  one  who  rejecteth  Allah's signs, and turneth away therefrom? In good time shall
We  requite  those  who  turn  away  from  Our  signs, with a dreadful penalty, for their
turning away.
158  Are  they  waiting  to  see  if  the  angels  come  to them, or thy Lord (Himself), or
certain  of  the  signs of thy Lord! the day that certain of the signs of thy Lord do come,
no  good  will it do to a soul to believe in them then if it believed not before nor earned
righteousness through its faith. Say: "Wait ye: we too are waiting."
159  As  for  those  who  divide their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part
in  them  in  the  least:  their affair is with Allah: He will in the end tell them the truth of
all that they did.
160  He  that  doeth  good  shall have ten times as much to his credit: He that doeth evil
shall  only  be  recompensed  according  to  his  evil: no wrong shall be done unto (any
of) them.
161  Say:  "Verily,  my  Lord  hath  guided  me  to  a way that is straight,- a religion of
right,-  the  path (trod) by Abraham the true in Faith, and he (certainly) joined not gods
with Allah."
162  Say:  "Truly,  my  prayer  and  my  service  of  sacrifice, my life and my death, are
(all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds:
163  No  partner  hath  He:  this  am I commanded, and I am the first of those who bow
to His will.
164  Say:  "Shall  I  seek for (my) Cherisher other than Allah, when He is the Cherisher
of  all  things  (that  exist)?  Every soul draws the meed of its acts on none but itself: no
bearer  of  burdens  can  bear  of  burdens  can bear the burden of another. Your goal in
the end is towards Allah: He will tell you the truth of the things wherein ye disputed."
165  It  is  He  Who  hath  made you (His) agents, inheritors of the earth: He hath raised
you  in  ranks,  some above others: that He may try you in the gifts He hath given you:
for thy Lord is quick in punishment: yet He is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

7- Al-Araf
In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful
1 Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad.
2  A  Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more by any difficulty
on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the erring) and teach the Believers).
3  Follow  (O  men!)  the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and follow not, as
friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition.
4  How  many  towns  have  We  destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them
on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.
5  When  (thus)  Our  punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we
did wrong."
6  Then  shall  we  question  those  to whom Our message was sent and those by whom
We sent it.
7  And  verily,  We  shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never
absent (at any time or place).
8  The  balance  that  day  will  be  true  (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be
heavy, will prosper:
9  Those  whose  scale  will  be  light,  will  be  their  souls  in  perdition,  for  that they
wrongfully treated Our signs.
10  It  is  We  Who  have placed you with authority on earth, and provided you therein
with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are the thanks that ye give!
11  It  is  We  Who  created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels prostrate
to Adam, and they prostrate; not so Iblis; He refused to be of those who prostrate.
12  (Allah)  said:  "What prevented thee from prostrating when I commanded thee?" He
said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay."
13  (Allah)  said:  "Get  thee  down  from  this:  it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get
out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)."
14 He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up."
15 (Allah) said: "Be thou among those who have respite."
16  He  said:  "Because  thou  hast  thrown  me  out  of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for
them on thy straight way:
17  "Then  will  I  assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and
their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)."
18  (Allah)  said:  "Get  out  from  this,  disgraced  and  expelled. If any of them follow
thee,- Hell will I fill with you all.
19  "O  Adam!  dwell  thou  and  thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as
ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."
20  Then  began  Satan  to  whisper  suggestions  to them, bringing openly before their
minds  all  their  shame  that  was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only
forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live for ever."
21 And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser.
22  So  by  deceit  he  brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame
became  manifest  to  them,  and  they  began  to  sew  together the leaves of the garden
over  their  bodies.  And  their  Lord  called  unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree,
and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?"
23  They  said:  "Our  Lord!  We  have  wronged  our own souls: If thou forgive us not
and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost."
24  (Allah)  said:  "Get  ye  down.  With  enmity  between  yourselves. On earth will be
your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time."
25  He  said:  "Therein  shall  ye  live,  and  therein  shall  ye die; but from it shall ye be
taken out (at last)."
26  O  ye  Children  of  Adam!  We  have  bestowed  raiment  upon  you to cover your
shame,  as  well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness,- that is
the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition!
27  O  ye  Children  of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as He got
your  parents  out of the Garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame:
for  he  and  his  tribe  watch  you  from a position where ye cannot see them: We made
the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith.
28  When  they  do  aught  that is shameful, they say: "We found our fathers doing so";
and    "Allah    commanded    us  thus":  Say:  "Nay,  Allah  never  commands  what  is
shameful: do ye say of Allah what ye know not?"
29  Say:  "My  Lord  hath  commanded  justice;  and  that  ye  set your whole selves (to
Him)  at  every  time  and  place  of  prayer,  and call upon Him, making your devotion
sincere as in His sight: such as He created you in the beginning, so shall ye return."
30  Some  He hath guided: Others have (by their choice) deserved the loss of their way;
in  that  they  took  the evil ones, in preference to Allah, for their friends and protectors,
and think that they receive guidance.
31  O  Children  of  Adam!  wear  your  beautiful  apparel  at  every  time  and  place of
prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah loveth not the wasters.
32  Say:  Who  hath  forbidden  the  beautiful (gifts) of Allah, which He hath produced
for    His  servants,  and  the  things,  clean  and  pure,  (which  He  hath  provided)  for
sustenance?  Say:  They  are,  in  the  life  of  this  world,  for  those  who believe, (and)
purely  for  them  on  the  Day of Judgment. Thus do We explain the signs in detail for
those who understand.
33  Say:  the  things  that  my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether
open  or  secret;  sins  and  trespasses  against  truth  or  reason;  assigning of partners to
Allah,  for  which  He hath given no authority; and saying things about Allah of which
ye have no knowledge.
34  To  every  people  is  a  term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can
they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation).
35  O  ye  Children  of  Adam!  whenever there come to you messengers from amongst
you,  rehearsing  My  signs  unto you,- those who are righteous and mend (their lives),-
on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve.
36    But    those    who   reject  Our  signs  and  treat  them  with  arrogance,-  they  are
companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for ever).
37  Who  is  more  unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Signs?
For  such,  their  portion  appointed  must reach them from the Book (of decrees): until,
when  our  messengers  (of  death)  arrive  and take their souls, they say: "Where are the
things  that  ye  used  to  invoke  besides Allah?" They will reply, "They have left us in
the lurch," And they will bear witness against themselves, that they had rejected Allah.
38  He  will say: "Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed away before you
-   men  and  jinns,  -  into  the  Fire."  Every  time  a  new  people  enters,  it  curses  its
sister-people  (that  went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the
last  about  the first: "Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty
in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled for all" : but this ye do not understand.
39  Then  the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste
ye of the penalty for all that ye did !"
40  To  those  who  reject  Our  signs  and  treat  them  with arrogance, no opening will
there  be  of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the garden, until the camel can pass
through the eye of the needle: Such is Our reward for those in sin.
41  For  them  there  is  Hell, as a couch (below) and folds and folds of covering above:
such is Our requital of those who do wrong.
42  But  those  who  believe  and  work  righteousness,- no burden do We place on any
soul,  but  that  which  it  can  bear,- they will be Companions of the Garden, therein to
dwell (for ever).
43  And  We  shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;- beneath them
will  be  rivers  flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah, who hath guided us to
this  (felicity):  never  could  we  have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance
of  Allah:  indeed  it  was  the  truth,  that the messengers of our Lord brought unto us."
And  they  shall  hear  the  cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made its
inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)."
44  The  Companions  of  the  Garden will call out to the Companions of the Fire: "We
have  indeed  found  the  promises  of  our  Lord to us true: Have you also found Your
Lord's  promises  true?"  They shall say, "Yes"; but a crier shall proclaim between them:
"The curse of Allah is on the wrong-doers;-
45  "Those  who  would  hinder  (men)  from  the  path  of  Allah  and would seek in it
something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter."
46  Between  them  shall  be  a  veil,  and on the heights will be men who would know
every  one  by  his  marks:  they  will call out to the Companions of the Garden, "peace
on you": they will not have entered, but they will have an assurance (thereof).
47  When  their eyes shall be turned towards the Companions of the Fire, they will say:
"Our Lord! send us not to the company of the wrong-doers."
48  The  men  on  the  heights  will call to certain men whom they will know from their
marks, saying: "Of what profit to you were your hoards and your arrogant ways?
49  "Behold!  are these not the men whom you swore that Allah with His Mercy would
never bless? Enter ye the Garden: no fear shall be on you, nor shall ye grieve."
50  The  Companions  of  the  Fire  will  call  to  the Companions of the Garden: "Pour
down  to  us water or anything that Allah doth provide for your sustenance." They will
say: "Both these things hath Allah forbidden to those who rejected Him."
51  "Such  as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and were deceived by
the  life  of the world." That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this
day of theirs, and as they were wont to reject Our signs.
52  For  We  had  certainly  sent  unto  them  a  Book, based on knowledge, which We
explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy to all who believe.
53  Do  they  just  wait  for  the  final  fulfilment  of  the  event? On the day the event is
finally  fulfilled,  those  who  disregarded  it  before  will  say:  "The  messengers of our
Lord  did  indeed  bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our
behalf?  Or  could  we  be  sent  back?  then  should  we  behave  differently  from  our
behaviour  in  the  past."  In  fact  they  will  have  lost  their  souls,  and the things they
invented will leave them in the lurch.
54  Your  Guardian-Lord  is  Allah,  Who created the heavens and the earth in six days,
and  is  firmly  established  on  the  throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil
o'er  the  day,  each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon,
and  the  stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to
govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!
55  Call  on  your  Lord  with  humility  and  in private: for Allah loveth not those who
trespass beyond bounds.
56  Do  no  mischief  on  the  earth,  after it hath been set in order, but call on Him with
fear  and  longing (in your hearts): for the Mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who
do good.
57  It  is  He  Who  sendeth  the  winds  like  heralds  of  glad tidings, going before His
mercy:  when  they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is
dead,  make  rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus
shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember.
58  From  the  land  that  is  clean  and  good,  by  the  will  of its Cherisher, springs up
produce,  (rich)  after its kind: but from the land that is bad, springs up nothing but that
which  is  niggardly:  thus  do  we explain the signs by various (symbols) to those who
are grateful.
59  We  sent  Noah  to  his  people. He said: "O my people! worship Allah! ye have no
other god but Him. I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful day!
60 The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see thee evidently wandering (in mind)."
61  He  said:  "O my people! No wandering is there in my (mind): on the contrary I am
a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!
62  "I  but  fulfil  towards  you the duties of my Lord's mission: Sincere is my advice to
you, and I know from Allah something that ye know not.
63  "Do  ye  wonder  that there hath come to you a message from your Lord, through a
man  of  your  own  people,  to  warn you,- so that ye may fear Allah and haply receive
His Mercy?"
64  But  they  rejected  him, and We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark: but
We  overwhelmed  in  the  flood  those  who  rejected  Our  signs.  They  were indeed a
blind people!
65  To  the  'Ad  people,  (We  sent)  Hud,  one  of their (own) brethren: He said: O my
people! worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him will ye not fear (Allah)?"
66  The  leaders  of  the  Unbelievers  among  his  people  said: "Ah! we see thou art an
imbecile!" and "We think thou art a liar!"
67  He  said:  "O  my  people!  I  am no imbecile, but (I am) a messenger from the Lord
and Cherisher of the worlds!
68  "I  but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to you a sincere and
trustworthy adviser.
69  "Do  ye  wonder  that  there hath come to you a message from your Lord through a
man  of  your  own  people,  to  warn  you?  call  in  remembrance  that  He  made  you
inheritors  after  the people of Noah, and gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call
in remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah: that so ye may prosper."
70  They  said:  "Comest  thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone, and give up the
cult  of  our  fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the
truth!"
71  He  said:  "Punishment  and  wrath  have  already  come upon you from your Lord:
dispute  ye  with  me over names which ye have devised - ye and your fathers,- without
authority from Allah? then wait: I am amongst you, also waiting."
72  We  saved  him  and  those who adhered to him. By Our mercy, and We cut off the
roots of those who rejected Our signs and did not believe.
73  To  the Thamud people (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren: He said: "O my
people!  worship  Allah:  ye  have  no  other  god but Him. Now hath come unto you a
clear  (Sign)  from your Lord! This she-camel of Allah is a Sign unto you: So leave her
to  graze  in  Allah's  earth,  and  let  her  come  to  no harm, or ye shall be seized with a
grievous punishment.
74  "And  remember  how  He  made  you  inheritors after the 'Ad people and gave you
habitations  in  the  land:  ye  build  for  yourselves  palaces and castles in (open) plains,
and  care  out  homes  in  the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have
received) from Allah, and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth."
75   The  leaders  of  the  arrogant  party  among  his  people  said  to  those  who  were
reckoned  powerless  -  those  among them who believed: "know ye indeed that Salih is
a  messenger  from  his  Lord?"  They  said:  "We  do  indeed  believe  in the revelation
which hath been sent through him."
76 The Arrogant party said: "For our part, we reject what ye believe in."
77  Then  they  ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order of their Lord,
saying: "O Salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art a messenger (of Allah)!"
78  So  the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the
morning!
79  So  Salih  left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message
for  which  I  was  sent  by  my  Lord:  I  gave you good counsel, but ye love not good
counsellors!"
80  We  also  (sent)  Lut:  He  said  to  his  people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no
people in creation (ever) committed before you?
81  "For  ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women : ye are indeed a people
transgressing beyond bounds."
82  And  his  people  gave  no  answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city:
these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"
83  But  we  saved  him  and  his  family, except his wife: she was of those who legged
behind.
84  And  we rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see what was the end
of those who indulged in sin and crime!
85  To  the Madyan people We sent Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my
people!  worship  Allah;  Ye  have  no  other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a
clear  (Sign)  from  your  Lord!  Give  just  measure and weight, nor withhold from the
people  the  things  that  are  their  due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been
set in order: that will be best for you, if ye have Faith.
86  "And  squat  not  on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the path of Allah
those  who  believe  in  Him,  and seeking in it something crooked; But remember how
ye  were  little,  and  He  gave  you increase. And hold in your mind's eye what was the
end of those who did mischief.
87  "And  if there is a party among you who believes in the message with which I have
been  sent,  and  a party which does not believe, hold yourselves in patience until Allah
doth decide between us: for He is the best to decide.