وَ لَقَدْ یَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ۠۝۲۲

Easy have We made the Qur´an to understand: So is there any one who will pay heed?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِالنُّذُرِ۝۲۳

The Thamud rejected the warnings,

فَقَالُوْۤا اَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهٗۤ ۙ اِنَّاۤ اِذًا لَّفِیْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّ سُعُرٍ۝۲۴

And said: "Should we follow only one man among us? In that case we shall he in error and insane.

ءَاُلْقِیَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَیْهِ مِنْۢ بَیْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ اَشِرٌ۝۲۵

Was he the one of all of us to have been given the exposition? He is surely an impudent liar."

سَیَعْلَمُوْنَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْاَشِرُ۝۲۶

"Tomorrow they will know who is the impudent liar!

اِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَ اصْطَبِرْؗ۝۲۷

We shall send the she-camel to try them. So watch them, and be constant.

وَ نَبِّئْهُمْ اَنَّ الْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَیْنَهُمْ ۚ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ۝۲۸

Tell them that the water is to be apportioned between them (and her); and every turn of drinking will be fixed (for each)."

فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطٰی فَعَقَرَ۝۲۹

But they called their commander, who seized and hamstrung her.

فَكَیْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِیْ وَ نُذُرِ۝۳۰

How was then My punishment of which they had been warned?

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ صَیْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً فَكَانُوْا كَهَشِیْمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ۝۳۱

We sent a single blast against them, and they were reduced to husks of a decayed fence.