They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals1
— Saheeh International
to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
To send down upon them stones of clay,
— Saheeh International
marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."
— Saheeh International
Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.
— Saheeh International
But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.1
— Saheeh International
And We have left a sign there1 ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
— Saheeh International
And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.1
— Saheeh International
but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."
— Saheeh International
So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
— Saheeh International
And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.1
— Saheeh International
There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.
— Saheeh International