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.

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.

وَلَقَد كَذَّبَ أَصحابُ الحِجرِ المُرسَلينَ

Similarly, the inhabitants of the Rocky Tract rejected the messengers.

وَآتَيناهُم آياتِنا فَكانوا عَنها مُعرِضينَ

We presented them with Our signs, but they turned away from them.