⁵⁰ And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of the Garden: “Pour forth¹ upon us some water, or some of what God has provided for you.” They will say: “God has made both unlawful to the false claimers of guidance:²

⁵¹ “Those who took their doctrine¹ as play and diversion, and whom the life of this world deluded.” — “So this day do We forget them, even as they forgot the meeting of this their day, and as they rejected Our proofs.”²

⁵² And We have brought them a Writ¹ which We set out and detailed² according to knowledge — a guidance and mercy for people who believe.

⁵³ Look they save for the fulfilment¹ thereof? The day the fulfilment² thereof comes, those who had forgotten it before will say: “The messengers of our Lord came with the truth,³ so have we any intercessors that might intercede for us? Or will we be sent back that we might do other than what we did?” They will have lost their souls; and strayed from them will be what they invented.

⁵⁴ Your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days,¹ then established Himself upon the Throne. He covers the night, the day hastening after it swiftly, and the sun and the moon and the stars are subject by His command. In truth,² His are the creation and the command. Blessed be God, the Lord of All Creation!

⁵⁵ Call to your Lord humbly and in secret. He loves not the transgressors,

⁵⁶ So work not corruption in the land after its right ordering. And call to Him in fear and hope; the mercy of God is near to the doers of good.

⁵⁷ And He it is that sends the winds as glad tidings before¹ His mercy. When² they have gathered up³ heavy clouds,⁴ We drive them to a dead land and send down the water therein,⁵ and bring forth therewith every⁶ fruit, — thus will We bring forth the dead — that you might take heed.

⁵⁸ And the good land: its vegetation comes forth by the leave of its Lord; and what is bad comes not forth save with difficulty. Thus do We expound the proofs¹ for people who are grateful.

⁵⁹ We sent Noah to his people, and he said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He; I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.”

⁶⁰ Said the eminent ones among his people: “We see thee in manifest error.”

⁶¹ He said: “O my people: there is no error in me; but I am a messenger from the Lord of All Creation:

⁶² “I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and give sincere counsel to you; and I know from God what you know not.

⁶³ “Do you marvel that there has come to you remembrance¹ from your Lord through a man among you, that he should warn you, and that you should be in prudent fear,² and that you might obtain mercy?”

⁶⁴ Then they denied him;¹ so We delivered him and those with him in the ship, and drowned those who denied Our proofs;² they were a blind people.

⁶⁵ And to ʿĀd, their brother Hūd. He said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He. Will you then not¹ be in prudent fear?”²

⁶⁶ Said the eminent ones who disbelieved¹ among his people: “We see thee in foolishness; and we consider thee a liar.”²

⁶⁷ He said: “O my people: there is no foolishness in me; but I am a messenger from the Lord of All Creation:

⁶⁸ “I convey to you the messages of my Lord; and I am a sincere counsellor to you, one trustworthy.

⁶⁹ “Do you marvel that there has come to you remembrance¹ from your Lord through a man among you, that he should warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah, and increased you in creation² abundantly; then remember the favours of God, that you might be successful.”

⁷⁰ They said: “Hast thou come to us that we should serve God alone and leave what our fathers served? Then bring thou us what thou promisest us,¹ if thou be of the truthful.”

⁷¹ He said: “There have come upon you from your Lord abomination and wrath; dispute you with me concerning names¹ which you have named, you and your fathers? God sent not down for these any authority. Then wait — I am with you waiting.”²

⁷² So We delivered him and those with him by mercy from Us, and We cut off the root¹ of those who denied Our proofs;² and they were not believers.³

⁷³ And to Thamūd, their brother Ṣāliḥ.¹ He said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He; there has come to you clear evidence from your Lord: this is the she-camel of God, as a proof² for you, so leave her to eat in God’s earth, and touch her not with evil³ lest there take you a painful punishment.

⁷⁴ “And remember when He made you successors after ʿĀd, and settled you in the earth; you make castles out of its plains and hew the mountains into houses. Then remember the favours of God and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

⁷⁵ Said the eminent ones who had waxed proud among his people to those they counted weak, to those who believed among them: “Know you¹ that Ṣāliḥ is an emissary from his Lord?” They said: “We believe in² that wherewith he has been sent.”

⁷⁶ Said those who had waxed proud: “We are deniers of that in which you believe.”

⁷⁷ And they hamstrung¹ the she-camel; and they scorned the command of their Lord, saying: “O Ṣāliḥ: bring thou us what thou promisest us, if thou be among the emissaries.”

⁷⁸ So the earthquake seized them; and morning found them lying prone in their home,

⁷⁹ So he turned from them, and said: “O my people: I had conveyed to you the message of my Lord, and been a sincere counsellor to you; but you love not sincere counsellors.”

⁸⁰ And Lot:¹ when he said to his people: “Do you commit sexual immorality,² that none among all mankind has preceded you?

⁸¹ “You approach men with lust rather than¹ women; the truth is,² you are a people committing excess.”

⁸² And the response of his people was only that they said: “Turn them out of your city; they are a people who keep themselves pure!”

⁸³ And We delivered him and his household save his wife; she was of those who stayed behind;

⁸⁴ And We rained upon them a rain.¹ Then see thou how was the final outcome of the lawbreakers.

⁸⁵ And to Madyan,¹ their brother Shuʿayb.² He said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He; there has come to you clear evidence from your Lord, so fulfil the measure and the balance, and deprive not people of their possessions;³ and work not corruption in the land after its right ordering; that is better for you, if you be believers.⁴

⁸⁶ “And lie not in wait¹ on every road, threatening and turning away from² the path of God him who believes in³ Him, and seeking deviation therein.⁴ And remember when you were few, and He multiplied you; and see how was the final outcome of the workers of corruption.

⁸⁷ “And if a number among you believes in¹ that wherewith I have been sent, and a number believes not: be patient until God judges between us; and He is the best of judges.”

⁸⁸ Said the eminent ones who had waxed proud among his people: “We will turn thee, O Shuʿayb, and those who heed warning¹ with thee, out of our city if you return not to our creed.” He said: “Even though we be unwilling?

⁸⁹ “We should have invented a lie about God if we returned to your creed after God has delivered us from it. It is not for us to return to it save if God our Lord should will. Our Lord encompasses all things in knowledge. In God have we placed our trust.” — “Our Lord, decide Thou between us and our people with justice,¹ for Thou art the best of those who give decision.”

⁹⁰ And said the eminent ones who disbelieved¹ among his people: “If you follow Shuʿayb, you will then be the losers.”

⁹¹ So the earthquake seized them; and morning found them lying prone in their home,

⁹² Those who denied Shuʿayb, as though they had never lived¹ therein; those who denied Shuʿayb, it was they who were the losers.

⁹³ Then he turned from them and said: “O my people: I had conveyed to you the messages of my Lord, and been a sincere counsellor to you; so how should I grieve for a people of false claimers of guidance?¹”

⁹⁴ And We sent not to a city a prophet save that We took its people with affliction and adversity, that they might humble themselves.

⁹⁵ Then We changed the place of evil¹ for good until they increased in number² and said: “Adversity and prosperity did touch our fathers,”³ — then We took them unawares, when they perceived not.

⁹⁶ And had the people of the cities believed and been in prudent fear,¹ We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied, so We seized them for what they earned.

⁹⁷ Did then the people of the cities feel secure from Our might coming upon them by night while they slept?

⁹⁸ Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our might coming upon them at midday while they played?

⁹⁹ Did they then feel secure from the scheme of God? And none feels secure from the scheme of God save the losing people.