وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلا تُخزونِ
“And fear God, and don’t embarrass me.”
قالوا أَوَلَم نَنهَكَ عَنِ العالَمينَ
They replied, “Didn’t we forbid you from strangers?”
قالَ هـٰؤُلاءِ بَناتي إِن كُنتُم فاعِلينَ
He responded, “These are my daughters, if you must act.”
لَعَمرُكَ إِنَّهُم لَفي سَكرَتِهِم يَعمَهونَ
By your life, they were in their intoxication, blundering.
فَأَخَذَتهُمُ الصَّيحَةُ مُشرِقينَ
Then, the blast seized them at sunrise.
فَجَعَلنا عالِيَها سافِلَها وَأَمطَرنا عَلَيهِم حِجارَةً مِن سِجّيلٍ
We turned it upside down, and We rained upon them stones of baked clay.
إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِلمُتَوَسِّمينَ
In this, there are signs for those who discern.
وَإِنَّها لَبِسَبيلٍ مُقيمٍ
It was located on an established road.
إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِلمُؤمِنينَ
In that is a sign for the believers.
وَإِن كانَ أَصحابُ الأَيكَةِ لَظالِمينَ
The inhabitants of the wooded valley were also wrongdoers.
فَانتَقَمنا مِنهُم وَإِنَّهُما لَبِإِمامٍ مُبينٍ
So, We exacted retribution from them. Both were visible from the main road.