۞ وَإِلَىٰ
ثَمُودَ
أَخَاهُمۡ
صَٰلِحٗاۚ
قَالَ
يَٰقَوۡمِ
ٱعۡبُدُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
مَا
لَكُم
مِّنۡ
إِلَٰهٍ
غَيۡرُهُۥۖ
هُوَ
أَنشَأَكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَٱسۡتَعۡمَرَكُمۡ
فِيهَا
فَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُوهُ
ثُمَّ
تُوبُوٓاْ
إِلَيۡهِۚ
إِنَّ
رَبِّي
قَرِيبٞ
مُّجِيبٞ
٦١

And to the people of Thamûd We sent their brother Ṣâliḥ. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah. You have no god other than Him. He ˹is the One Who˺ produced you from the earth and settled you on it. So seek His forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance. Surely my Lord is Ever Near, All-Responsive ˹to prayers˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:62

قَالُواْ

يَٰصَٰلِحُ

قَدۡ

كُنتَ

فِينَا

مَرۡجُوّٗا

قَبۡلَ

هَٰذَآۖ

أَتَنۡهَىٰنَآ

أَن

نَّعۡبُدَ

مَا

يَعۡبُدُ

ءَابَآؤُنَا

وَإِنَّنَا

لَفِي

شَكّٖ

مِّمَّا

تَدۡعُونَآ

إِلَيۡهِ

مُرِيبٖ

٦٢

They argued, “O Ṣâliḥ! We truly had high hopes in you before this.¹ How dare you forbid us to worship what our forefathers had worshipped? We are certainly in alarming doubt about what you are inviting us to.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:63

قَالَ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ

إِن

كُنتُ

عَلَىٰ

بَيِّنَةٖ

مِّن

رَّبِّي

وَءَاتَىٰنِي

مِنۡهُ

رَحۡمَةٗ

فَمَن

يَنصُرُنِي

مِنَ

ٱللَّهِ

إِنۡ

عَصَيۡتُهُۥۖ

فَمَا

تَزِيدُونَنِي

غَيۡرَ

تَخۡسِيرٖ

٦٣

He responded, “O my people! Consider if I stand on a clear proof from my Lord and He has blessed me with a mercy from Him. Who could help me against Allah if I were to disobey Him? You would only contribute to my doom.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:64

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ

هَٰذِهِۦ

نَاقَةُ

ٱللَّهِ

لَكُمۡ

ءَايَةٗۖ

فَذَرُوهَا

تَأۡكُلۡ

فِيٓ

أَرۡضِ

ٱللَّهِۖ

وَلَا

تَمَسُّوهَا

بِسُوٓءٖ

فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ

عَذَابٞ

قَرِيبٞ

٦٤

And O my people! This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you.¹ So leave her to graze ˹freely˺ on Allah’s earth and do her no harm, or a swift punishment will overtake you!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:65

فَعَقَرُوهَا

فَقَالَ

تَمَتَّعُواْ

فِي

دَارِكُمۡ

ثَلَٰثَةَ

أَيَّامٖۖ

ذَٰلِكَ

وَعۡدٌ

غَيۡرُ

مَكۡذُوبٖ

٦٥

But they killed her, so he warned ˹them˺, “You have ˹only˺ three ˹more˺ days to enjoy life in your homes—this is an unfailing promise!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:66

فَلَمَّا

جَآءَ

أَمۡرُنَا

نَجَّيۡنَا

صَٰلِحٗا

وَٱلَّذِينَ

ءَامَنُواْ

مَعَهُۥ

بِرَحۡمَةٖ

مِّنَّا

وَمِنۡ

خِزۡيِ

يَوۡمِئِذٍۚ

إِنَّ

رَبَّكَ

هُوَ

ٱلۡقَوِيُّ

ٱلۡعَزِيزُ

٦٦

When Our command came, We saved Ṣâliḥ and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us and spared them the disgrace of that Day. Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ is the All-Powerful, Almighty.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:67

وَأَخَذَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ظَلَمُواْ

ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ

فَأَصۡبَحُواْ

فِي

دِيَٰرِهِمۡ

جَٰثِمِينَ

٦٧

And the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook the wrongdoers, so they fell lifeless in their homes,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:68

كَأَن

لَّمۡ

يَغۡنَوۡاْ

فِيهَآۗ

أَلَآ

إِنَّ

ثَمُودَاْ

كَفَرُواْ

رَبَّهُمۡۗ

أَلَا

بُعۡدٗا

لِّثَمُودَ

٦٨

as if they had never lived there. Surely Thamûd denied their Lord, so away with Thamûd!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:69

وَلَقَدۡ

جَآءَتۡ

رُسُلُنَآ

إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ

بِٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ

قَالُواْ

سَلَٰمٗاۖ

قَالَ

سَلَٰمٞۖ

فَمَا

لَبِثَ

أَن

جَآءَ

بِعِجۡلٍ

حَنِيذٖ

٦٩

And surely Our messenger-angels came to Abraham with good news ˹of a son˺. They greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” And he replied, “Peace ˹be upon you˺!” Then it was not long before he brought ˹them˺ a ˹fat,˺ roasted calf.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

11:70

فَلَمَّا

رَءَآ

أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ

لَا

تَصِلُ

إِلَيۡهِ

نَكِرَهُمۡ

وَأَوۡجَسَ

مِنۡهُمۡ

خِيفَةٗۚ

قَالُواْ

لَا

تَخَفۡ

إِنَّآ

أُرۡسِلۡنَآ

إِلَىٰ

قَوۡمِ

لُوطٖ

٧٠

And when he saw that their hands did not reach for the food, he became suspicious and fearful of them.¹ They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid! We are ˹angels˺ sent ˹only˺ against the people of Lot.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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