[11:63]
He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am
(acting) on clear proof from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from
Him, who will save me from Allah if I disobey Him ? Ye
would add to me naught save perdition.
[11:64]
O my people! This is the camel of Allah, a token
unto you, so suffer her to feed in Allah’s earth, and touch her not with harm
lest a near torment seize you.
[11:65]
But they hamstrung her, and then he said: Enjoy
life in your dwelling-place three days! This is a threat that will not be
belied.
[11:66]
So, when Our
commandment came to pass, We saved Salih, and those who believed with him, by a
mercy from Us, from the ignominy of that day. Lo, thy Lord! He is the Strong,
the Mighty.
[11:67]
And the (awful) Cry overtook those who did wrong,
so that morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,
[11:68]
As though they had not
dwelt there. Lo! Thamud
disbelieved in their Lord. A far removal for Thamud!
[11:69]
And Our messengers cam unto
Abraham with good news. They said: Peace! He answered: Peace! and delayed not to bring a roasted calf.
[11:70]
And when he saw their hands reached not to it,
he mistrusted them and conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! Lo! we are sent unto the folk of
[11:71]
And his wife, standing by laughed when We gave her good tidings (of the birth) of Isaac, and, after
Isaac, of Jacob.