مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
34. Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَنْ كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
35. So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers.
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَا آيَةً لِلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
37. And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
40. So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ
41. And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.
مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ
42. It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
43. And in Thamud, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."
فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ
44. But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْتَصِرِينَ
45. And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
46. And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.