Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:73

7:73

وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحًا ۗ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً ۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

wa-ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu qad jāatkum bayyinatun min rabbikum hādhihi nāqatu l-lahi lakum āyatan fadharūhā takul fī arḍi l-lahi walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābun alīmun

And to the Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allāh [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allāh's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

— Saheeh International

To the people of Thamud We sent their brother, Salih. He said, ‘My people, serve God: you have no god other than Him. A clear sign has come to you now from your Lord: this is God’s she-camel- a sign for you- so let her graze in God’s land and do not harm her in any way, or you will be struck by a painful torment.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And to Thamûd (people, We sent) their brother Sâlih. He said: "O my people! Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh (God) but Him. (Lâ ilâha illallâh: none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh). Indeed there has come to you a clear sign (the miracle of the coming out of a huge she-camel from the midst of a rock) from your Lord. This she-camel of Allâh is a sign unto you; so you leave her to graze in Allâh’s earth, and touch her not with harm, lest a painful torment should seize you.

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

Juz 8Page 159meccan

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وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(We sent) their brother
صَـٰلِحًۭاۗṣāliḥanSalih
قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَاmānot
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنْminany
إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
غَيْرُهُۥۖghayruhuother than Him
قَدْqadVerily
جَآءَتْكُمjāatkumhas come to you
بَيِّنَةٌۭbayyinatuna clear proof
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْۖrabbikumyour Lord
هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
نَاقَةُnāqatu(is) a she-camel
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
لَكُمْlakum(it is) for you
ءَايَةًۭۖāyatana Sign
فَذَرُوهَاfadharūhāSo you leave her
تَأْكُلْtakul(to) eat
فِىٓfīon
أَرْضِarḍi(the) earth
ٱللَّهِۖl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhātouch her
بِسُوٓءٍۢbisūinwith harm
فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakumlest seizes you
عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful