وَيَـٰقَوْمِ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ
ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً
فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ
أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا
بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ
عَذَابٌ قَرِيبٌ
. فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ
تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ
ثَلَـٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ
غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا
نَجَّيْنَا صَـٰلِحًا وَٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ
مِّنَّا وَمِنْ خِزْىِ
يَوْمِئِذٍ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ
هُوَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ
وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى
دِيَـٰرِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟
فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَا۟
كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا
بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ
“And O my people!
This she-camel of Allah
is a sign to you, so leave
her to graze in Allah’s
land, and touch her not
with evil, lest a near
torment should seize
you.” But they slaughtered
her. So he said: “Enjoy
yourselves in your
homes for three days.
This is a promise
(a threat) that will not
be belied.” So when Our
commandment came,
We saved Salih and
those who believed with
him by a mercy from Us,
and from the disgrace
of that Day. Verily, your
Lord — He is All-Strong,
the All-Mighty. And
As-Sayhah (awful cry)
overtook the wrongdoers,
so they lay (dead),
prostrate in their homes.
As if they had never
lived there. No doubt!
Verily, Thamud disbelieved
in their Lord. So away
with Thamud!)
A discussion of this story has already preceded in Surat Al-A`raf and it is sufficient without having to be repeated here. Allah is the Giver of success.