Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:45

27:45

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمْ فَرِيقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

walaqad arsalnā ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan ani uʿ'budū l-laha fa-idhā hum farīqāni yakhtaṣimūna

And We had certainly sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, [saying], "Worship Allāh," and at once they were two parties conflicting.

— Saheeh International

To the people of Thamud We sent their brother, Salih, saying, ‘Worship God alone,’ but they split into two rival factions.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We sent to Thamûd their brother Sâlih, saying: "Worship Allâh (Alone and none else). Then look! They became two parties (believers and disbelievers) quarreling with each other."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 19Page 381meccan

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe sent
إِلَىٰilāto
ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
أَخَاهُمْakhāhumtheir brother
صَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanSalih
أَنِanithat
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen behold
هُمْhumThey
فَرِيقَانِfarīqāni(became) two parties
يَخْتَصِمُونَyakhtaṣimūnaquarreling