¹⁵⁰ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹⁵¹ “And obey not the command of the committers of excess:

¹⁵² “Those who work corruption in the land, and do not right.”

¹⁵³ They said: “Thou art but one taken by sorcery.¹

¹⁵⁴ “Thou art only a mortal like us; then bring thou a proof,¹ if thou be of the truthful.”

¹⁵⁵ He said: “This is a she-camel; to her a drink and to you a drink on a day appointed.¹

¹⁵⁶ “And touch her not with evil¹ lest there take you the punishment of a tremendous day.”

¹⁵⁷ But they hamstrung¹ her,² then they became remorseful,

¹⁵⁸ And the punishment seized them. In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

¹⁵⁹ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁶⁰ The people of Lot denied the emissaries

¹⁶¹ When their brother Lot said to them: “Will you not be in prudent fear?¹

¹⁶² “I am to you a trustworthy messenger,

¹⁶³ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹⁶⁴ “And I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon¹ the Lord of All Creation.

¹⁶⁵ “Do you approach the males among all mankind,

¹⁶⁶ “And leave what your Lord created for you among your wives? The truth is,¹ you are a transgressing people.”²

¹⁶⁷ They said: “If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt be of those turned out.”

¹⁶⁸ He said: “I am of those who abhor your deed.”¹

¹⁶⁹ “My Lord: deliver Thou me and my household from what they do.”¹

¹⁷⁰ And We delivered him and his household all together,

¹⁷¹ Save an old woman¹ among those who stayed behind;

¹⁷² Then We annihilated the others,

¹⁷³ And We rained upon them a rain; and evil is the rain of those who were warned.

¹⁷⁴ In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

¹⁷⁵ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁷⁶ And the companions of the woods¹ denied the emissaries

¹⁷⁷ When Shuʿayb said to them: “Will you not be in prudent fear?¹

¹⁷⁸ “I am to you a trustworthy messenger,

¹⁷⁹ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹⁸⁰ “And I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon¹ the Lord of All Creation.

¹⁸¹ “Fulfil the measure, and be not of those who cause loss.

¹⁸² “And weigh with the straight balance.

¹⁸³ “And deprive not men of their possessions,¹ and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.

¹⁸⁴ “And be in prudent fear¹ of Him who created you and the generations² of the former peoples.”

¹⁸⁵ They said: “Thou art but one taken by sorcery;

¹⁸⁶ “And thou art only a mortal like us; and we consider thee a liar.¹

¹⁸⁷ “Then cause thou pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if thou be of the truthful.”

¹⁸⁸ He said: “My Lord best knows what you do.”

¹⁸⁹ Then they denied him;¹ then there seized them the punishment of the Day of Shadow; it was the punishment of a tremendous day.

¹⁹⁰ In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

¹⁹¹ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁹² And it¹ is a revelation² of the Lord of All Creation,

¹⁹³ Brought down by the Faithful Spirit¹

¹⁹⁴ Upon thy heart — that thou be of the warners —

¹⁹⁵ In a clear Arabic tongue.

¹⁹⁶ And it is in the writings¹ of the former peoples.

¹⁹⁷ Is it not a proof¹ to them that the learned of the children of Israel know it?

¹⁹⁸ And had We sent it down upon any of the non-Arabs,

¹⁹⁹ And he had recited it to them, they would not have been believers in¹ it.