أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
128. Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
129. And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?
أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ
133. Provided you with grazing livestock and children
وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
134. And gardens and springs.
فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً ۖ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۖ وَكَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ
15. As for 'Aad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allah who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
7. [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
8. The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
