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58. Wa-in min qaryatin illa nahnu muhlikooha qabla yawmi alqiyamati aw
muAAaththibooha AAathaban shadeedan kana thalika fee alkitabi mastoora
n
58. There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or
punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in the (eternal) Record.
59. Wama manaAAana an nursila bi
a
l-ayati illa an kaththaba biha al-awwaloona
waatayna thamooda a
l
nnaqata mubsiratan fa
th
alamoo biha wama nursilu bi
a
l-ayati illa
takhweefa
n
59. And We refrain from sending the signs, only because the men of former generations
treated them as false: We sent the she-camel to the Thamud to open their eyes, but they
treated her wrongfully: We only send the Signs by way of terror (and warning from evil).
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