Verse 54:31 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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.’
29
فَنَادَوۡا۟ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ٢٩
fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar
But they called their companion, who took a sword and hamstrung the camel
30
فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ٣٠
fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur
How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings
31
إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ٣١
innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmi l-muḥ'taẓir
We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks
32
وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ٣٢
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
33
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٣
kadhabat qawmu lūṭin bil-nudhur
The people of Lot rejected the warnings
34
إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّیۡنَـٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ ٣٤
innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭin najjaynāhum bisaḥari
We released a stonebearing wind against them, all except the family of Lot. We saved them before daw
35
نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی مَن شَكَرَ ٣٥
niʿ'matan min ʿindinā kadhālika najzī man shakar
as a favour from Us: this is how We reward the thankful
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