The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:73
وَإِلَى
ثَمُودَ
أَخَاهُمْ
صَالِحًا
قَالَ
يَاقَوْمِ
اعْبُدُوا
اللَّهَ
مَا
لَكُم
مِّنْ
إِلَهٍ
غَيْرُهُ
قَدْ
جَاءَتْكُم
بَيِّنَةٌ
مِّن
رَّبِّكُمْ
هَذِهِ
نَاقَةُ
اللَّهِ
لَكُمْ
آيَةً
فَذَرُوهَا
تَأْكُلْ
فِي
أَرْضِ
اللَّهِ
وَلَا
تَمَسُّوهَا
بِسُوءٍ
فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٌ
wa-ʾilā thamūda ʾakhāhum ṣāliḥan qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū qad jāʾatkum bayyinatun min rabbikum hādhihī nāqatu llāhi lakum ʾāyatan fa-dharūhā taʾkul fī ʾarḍi llāhi wa-lā tamassūhā bi-sūʾin fa-yaʾkhudhakum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun
We sent Salih to his brethren, the tribe of Thamud, who told them, "Worship God your only Lord. Authoritative evidence has come to you from your Lord and this she-camel is the evidence for you from God. Let her graze in the land of God. Do not give her any trouble lest a painful torment will strike you.