وَ اذْكُرْ اَخَا عَادٍ ؕ اِذْ اَنْذَرَ قَوْمَهٗ بِالْاَحْقَافِ وَ قَدْ خَلَتِ النُّذُرُ مِنْۢ بَیْنِ یَدَیْهِ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِهٖۤ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُوْۤا اِلَّا اللّٰهَ ؕ اِنِّیْۤ اَخَافُ عَلَیْكُمْ عَذَابَ یَوْمٍ عَظِیْمٍ۝۲۱

Remember (Hud) the brother of ´Ad. When he warned his people in Ahqaf -- though many a warner had come and gone before and after him: "Do not worship any one but God, for I fear the punishment of an awful day for you,"

قَالُوْۤا اَجِئْتَنَا لِتَاْفِكَنَا عَنْ اٰلِهَتِنَا ۚ فَاْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَاۤ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِیْنَ۝۲۲

They said: "Have you come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring upon us what you predict for us, if you are a man of truth."

قَالَ اِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ ۖؗ وَ اُبَلِّغُكُمْ مَّاۤ اُرْسِلْتُ بِهٖ وَ لٰكِنِّیْۤ اَرٰىكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُوْنَ۝۲۳

He said: "Only God has the knowledge. I only convey to you what I have been sent with. But I see you are a foolish people."

فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ اَوْدِیَتِهِمْ ۙ قَالُوْا هٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُّمْطِرُنَا ؕ بَلْ هُوَ مَا اسْتَعْجَلْتُمْ بِهٖ ؕ رِیْحٌ فِیْهَا عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌۙ۝۲۴

So when they saw it as a cloud advancing towards their valleys, they said: "This is just a passing cloud that will bring us rain." "No. It is what you were trying to hasten: The wind which carries the grievous punishment!

تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَیْءٍۭ بِاَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَاَصْبَحُوْا لَا یُرٰۤی اِلَّا مَسٰكِنُهُمْ ؕ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِی الْقَوْمَ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ۝۲۵

It will destroy everything at the bidding of its Lord." So in the morning there was nothing but their empty dwellings to be seen. That is how We requite the sinners.

وَ لَقَدْ مَكَّنّٰهُمْ فِیْمَاۤ اِنْ مَّكَّنّٰكُمْ فِیْهِ وَ جَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَّ اَبْصَارًا وَّ اَفْـِٕدَةً ۖؗ فَمَاۤ اَغْنٰی عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَ لَاۤ اَبْصَارُهُمْ وَ لَاۤ اَفْـِٕدَتُهُمْ مِّنْ شَیْءٍ اِذْ كَانُوْا یَجْحَدُوْنَ ۙ بِاٰیٰتِ اللّٰهِ وَ حَاقَ بِهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ یَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ۠۝۲۶

We had strengthened them as We have not strengthened you, had given them ears and eyes and hearts; but nothing stood them in good stead, neither their ears nor eyes nor hearts, for they rejected the signs of God, and were seized by what they had mocked.

وَ لَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرٰی وَ صَرَّفْنَا الْاٰیٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَرْجِعُوْنَ۝۲۷

We have destroyed habitations all around you, having explained Our signs in different ways to them that they may turn back.

فَلَوْ لَا نَصَرَهُمُ الَّذِیْنَ اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ قُرْبَانًا اٰلِهَةً ؕ بَلْ ضَلُّوْا عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَ ذٰلِكَ اِفْكُهُمْ وَ مَا كَانُوْا یَفْتَرُوْنَ۝۲۸

Why then did the gods they had taken apart from God as propitiators, not come to their aid? In fact they strayed away from them. It was all a lie what they had contrived!

وَ اِذْ صَرَفْنَاۤ اِلَیْكَ نَفَرًا مِّنَ الْجِنِّ یَسْتَمِعُوْنَ الْقُرْاٰنَ ۚ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوْهُ قَالُوْۤا اَنْصِتُوْا ۚ فَلَمَّا قُضِیَ وَ لَّوْ اِلٰی قَوْمِهِمْ مُّنْذِرِیْنَ۝۲۹

And (remember), when We turned a company of jinns towards you to listen to the Qur´an, they arrived when it was being recited, and they said: "Keep silent." When it was over they came back to their people, warning them:

قَالُوْا یٰقَوْمَنَاۤ اِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتٰبًا اُنْزِلَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مُوْسٰی مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ یَهْدِیْۤ اِلَی الْحَقِّ وَ اِلٰی طَرِیْقٍ مُّسْتَقِیْمٍ۝۳۰

"O our people:" they said: "we have listened to a Book which has come down after Moses, confirming what was (sent down) before it, showing the way to the truth and a path that is straight.