⁵⁰ And that My punishment is the painful punishment.

⁵¹ And inform thou them of the guests of Abraham,

⁵² When they entered upon him, and said: “Peace!” He said: “We are afraid of you.”

⁵³ They said: “Fear thou not, we bring thee glad tidings of a learned lad.”

⁵⁴ He said: “Bring you glad tidings to me, though old age has come upon me? Of what then bring you glad tidings?”

⁵⁵ They said: “We have brought thee glad tidings in truth;¹ so be thou not of those who despair.”

⁵⁶ He said: “And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray?”¹

⁵⁷ He said: “Then what is your business, O emissaries?”

⁵⁸ They said: “We have been sent to a lawbreaking people,

⁵⁹ “Save the house of Lot — them will we deliver all together,

⁶⁰ “Save his wife”; We¹ decreed that she be of those who stay behind.

⁶¹ And when the emissaries came to the house of Lot,

⁶² He said: “You are people unknown.”¹

⁶³ They said: “The truth is,¹ we bring thee that concerning which they doubted.²

⁶⁴ “And we come to thee with the truth;¹ and we are the truthful.

⁶⁵ “So travel thou with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs;¹ and let not any one of you turn round, but go on to where you are commanded.”

⁶⁶ And We¹ decreed for him that command: “The root of those will be cut off² in the morning.”

⁶⁷ And the people of the city came rejoicing.¹

⁶⁸ He said: “They are my guests, so put me not to shame;

⁶⁹ “And be in prudent fear¹ of God, and disgrace me not.”

⁷⁰ They said: “Did we not forbid thee all mankind?”¹

⁷¹ He said: “These are my daughters, if you must act.”¹

⁷² By thy life, they were in their intoxication wandering blindly!

⁷³ And the Blast seized them at sunrise.

⁷⁴ And We utterly overthrew it¹ and rained upon it stones of baked clay.²

⁷⁵ In that are proofs¹ for those who can discern.²

⁷⁶ And it is upon an enduring road;¹

⁷⁷ In that is a proof¹ for the believers.²

⁷⁸ And the companions of the woods¹ were wrongdoers,²

⁷⁹ And We took vengeance on them — and both are on a clear highway.¹

⁸⁰ And the companions of the rocky tract¹ denied the emissaries.

⁸¹ And We brought them Our proofs,¹ but they turned away from them.

⁸² And they hewed houses from the mountains, feeling secure.

⁸³ But the Blast seized them in the morning,

⁸⁴ And there availed them not what they had earned.

⁸⁵ And We created not the heavens and the earth and what is between them¹ but in truth.² And the Hour is coming; so forbear thou with comely forbearance.

⁸⁶ Thy Lord, He is the Knowing Creator.

⁸⁷ And We have given thee seven of the oft-paired,¹ and the tremendous Qur’an.²

⁸⁸ Extend thou not thine eyes towards what enjoyment We have granted categories¹ of them, and grieve thou not over them² (but lower thou thy wing³ to the believers,⁴

⁸⁹ And say thou: “I am the clear warner:¹

⁹⁰ “‘Like as We sent down upon those who distributed among themselves[...].’”¹)

⁹¹ Who¹ have made the Qur’an² into parts.

⁹² So by thy Lord, We will question them all together

⁹³ About what they did!

⁹⁴ So declare thou what thou art commanded;¹ and turn thou away from the idolaters.²

⁹⁵ We suffice thee against the mockers,

⁹⁶ Those who make with God another god; they will come to know.

⁹⁷ And We know that thy breast is straitened by what they say.¹

⁹⁸ But give thou glory¹ with the praise of thy Lord, and be thou among those who submit,²

⁹⁹ And serve thou thy Lord until the Certainty¹ comes to thee.