Verse 54:24 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
20
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ٢٠
tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿiri
it swept people away like uprooted palm trunks
21
فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ٢١
fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur
How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings
22
وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ٢٢
walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakiri
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed
23
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٢٣
kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhur
The people of Thamud also rejected the warnings
24
فَقَالُوۤا۟ أَبَشَرࣰا مِّنَّا وَ ٰحِدࣰا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥۤ إِنَّاۤ إِذࣰا لَّفِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤
faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿuri
they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane
25
أَءُلۡقِیَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۢ بَیۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ ٢٥
a-ul'qiya l-dhik'ru ʿalayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhābun ashiru
Would a mes-sage be given to him alone out of all of us? No, he is an insolent liar!’
26
سَیَعۡلَمُونَ غَدࣰا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ٢٦
sayaʿlamūna ghadan mani l-kadhābu l-ashir
‘Tomorrow they will know who is the insolent liar
27
إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ٢٧
innā mur'silū l-nāqati fit'natan lahum fa-ir'taqib'hum wa-iṣ'ṭabi
for We shall send them a she-camel to test them: so watch them [Salih] and be patient
28
وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَاۤءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَیۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبࣲ مُّحۡتَضَرࣱ ٢٨
wanabbi'hum anna l-māa qis'matun baynahum kullu shir'bin muḥ'taḍaru
Tell them the water is to be shared between them: each one should drink in turn.’
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