Verses 143–166

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ﴿١٤٣﴾

26:143Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٤٤﴾

26:144So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٤٥﴾

26:145I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ﴿١٤٦﴾

26:146Will you be left secure in that which is here

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ﴿١٤٧﴾

26:147—amid gardens and springs,

وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَنَخْلٍۢ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌۭ﴿١٤٨﴾

26:148farms and date palms with dainty spathes

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا فَٰرِهِينَ﴿١٤٩﴾

26:149—while you skillfully hew out houses from the mountains?

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٥٠﴾

26:150So be wary of Allah and obey me,

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ﴿١٥١﴾

26:151and do not obey the dictates of the transgressors,^*

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ﴿١٥٢﴾

26:152who cause corruption in the land and do not bring about reform.’

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ﴿١٥٣﴾

26:153They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿١٥٤﴾

26:154You are just a human being like us. So bring us a sign, should you be truthful.’

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌۭ لَّهَا شِرْبٌۭ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ﴿١٥٥﴾

26:155He said, ‘This is a she-camel; she shall drink and you shall drink on known days.

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ﴿١٥٦﴾

26:156Do not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by the punishment of a terrible day.’

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَٰدِمِينَ﴿١٥٧﴾

26:157But they hamstrung her, whereupon they became regretful.¹

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٥٨﴾

26:158So the punishment seized them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٥٩﴾

26:159Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٦٠﴾

26:160The people of Lot impugned the apostles

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿١٦١﴾

26:161when Lot, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ﴿١٦٢﴾

26:162Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿١٦٣﴾

26:163So be wary of Allah and obey me.

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦٤﴾

26:164I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.

أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦٥﴾

26:165What! Of all people do you come to males,

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ﴿١٦٦﴾

26:166abandoning your wives your Lord has created for you? Indeed, you are a transgressing lot.’