قَالَ
قَدۡ
وَقَعَ
عَلَيۡكُم
مِّن
رَّبِّكُمۡ
رِجۡسٞ
وَغَضَبٌۖ
أَتُجَٰدِلُونَنِي
فِيٓ
أَسۡمَآءٖ
سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ
أَنتُمۡ
وَءَابَآؤُكُم
مَّا
نَزَّلَ
ٱللَّهُ
بِهَا
مِن
سُلۡطَٰنٖۚ
فَٱنتَظِرُوٓاْ
إِنِّي
مَعَكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡمُنتَظِرِينَ
٧١

He said, “You will certainly be subjected to your Lord’s torment and wrath. Do you dispute with me regarding the so-called gods which you and your forefathers have made up—a practice Allah has never authorized? Then wait! I too am waiting with you.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:72

فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ

وَٱلَّذِينَ

مَعَهُۥ

بِرَحۡمَةٖ

مِّنَّا

وَقَطَعۡنَا

دَابِرَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَذَّبُواْ

بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاۖ

وَمَا

كَانُواْ

مُؤۡمِنِينَ

٧٢

So We saved him and those with him by Our mercy and uprooted those who denied Our signs. They were not believers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:73

وَإِلَىٰ

ثَمُودَ

أَخَاهُمۡ

صَٰلِحٗاۚ

قَالَ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

ٱعۡبُدُواْ

ٱللَّهَ

مَا

لَكُم

مِّنۡ

إِلَٰهٍ

غَيۡرُهُۥۖ

قَدۡ

جَآءَتۡكُم

بَيِّنَةٞ

مِّن

رَّبِّكُمۡۖ

هَٰذِهِۦ

نَاقَةُ

ٱللَّهِ

لَكُمۡ

ءَايَةٗۖ

فَذَرُوهَا

تَأۡكُلۡ

فِيٓ

أَرۡضِ

ٱللَّهِۖ

وَلَا

تَمَسُّوهَا

بِسُوٓءٖ

فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ

عَذَابٌ

أَلِيمٞ

٧٣

And to the people of Thamûd We sent their brother Ṣâliḥ. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah—you have no other god except Him. A clear proof has come to you from your Lord: this is Allah’s she-camel as a sign to you. So leave her to graze ˹freely˺ on Allah’s land and do not harm her, or else you will be overcome by a painful punishment.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:74

وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ

إِذۡ

جَعَلَكُمۡ

خُلَفَآءَ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

عَادٖ

وَبَوَّأَكُمۡ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

تَتَّخِذُونَ

مِن

سُهُولِهَا

قُصُورٗا

وَتَنۡحِتُونَ

ٱلۡجِبَالَ

بُيُوتٗاۖ

فَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ

ءَالَآءَ

ٱللَّهِ

وَلَا

تَعۡثَوۡاْ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

مُفۡسِدِينَ

٧٤

Remember when He made you successors after ’Âd and established you in the land—˹and˺ you built palaces on its plains and carved homes into mountains. So remember Allah’s favours, and do not go about spreading corruption in the land.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:75

قَالَ

ٱلۡمَلَأُ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ

مِن

قَوۡمِهِۦ

لِلَّذِينَ

ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْ

لِمَنۡ

ءَامَنَ

مِنۡهُمۡ

أَتَعۡلَمُونَ

أَنَّ

صَٰلِحٗا

مُّرۡسَلٞ

مِّن

رَّبِّهِۦۚ

قَالُوٓاْ

إِنَّا

بِمَآ

أُرۡسِلَ

بِهِۦ

مُؤۡمِنُونَ

٧٥

The arrogant chiefs of his people asked the lowly who believed among them, “Are you certain that Ṣâliḥ has been sent by his Lord?” They replied, “We certainly believe in what he has been sent with.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:76

قَالَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوٓاْ

إِنَّا

بِٱلَّذِيٓ

ءَامَنتُم

بِهِۦ

كَٰفِرُونَ

٧٦

The arrogant said, “We surely reject what you believe in.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:77

فَعَقَرُواْ

ٱلنَّاقَةَ

وَعَتَوۡاْ

عَنۡ

أَمۡرِ

رَبِّهِمۡ

وَقَالُواْ

يَٰصَٰلِحُ

ٱئۡتِنَا

بِمَا

تَعِدُنَآ

إِن

كُنتَ

مِنَ

ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

٧٧

Then they killed the she-camel—defying their Lord’s command—and challenged ˹Ṣâliḥ˺, “Bring us what you threaten us with, if you are ˹truly˺ one of the messengers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:78

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ

ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ

فَأَصۡبَحُواْ

فِي

دَارِهِمۡ

جَٰثِمِينَ

٧٨

Then an ˹overwhelming˺ earthquake struck them, and they fell lifeless in their homes.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:79

فَتَوَلَّىٰ

عَنۡهُمۡ

وَقَالَ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

لَقَدۡ

أَبۡلَغۡتُكُمۡ

رِسَالَةَ

رَبِّي

وَنَصَحۡتُ

لَكُمۡ

وَلَٰكِن

لَّا

تُحِبُّونَ

ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ

٧٩

So he turned away from them, saying, “O my people! Surely I conveyed to you my Lord’s message and gave you ˹sincere˺ advice, but you do not like ˹sincere˺ advisors.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:80