Rowwad Translation Center — 266

15:71 He said, “These are my daughters [to marry], if you must[1].”

15:72 By your life [O prophet], they were wandering blindly in their intoxication [of lust][1].

15:73 So they were seized by the blast at sunrise,

15:74 and We turned their cities upside down[1] and rained down on them stones of baked clay.

15:75 Indeed, there are signs in this for those who discern[1].

15:76 And their place is located by a known route[1].

15:77 Indeed, there are signs in this for the believers.

15:78 And the people of the Forest[1] were wrongdoers.

15:79 So We punished them in retribution, and both [places][1] are by a clear highway.

15:80 Surely the people of Al-Hijr[1] also rejected the messengers.

15:81 We gave them Our signs, but they kept turning away from them.

15:82 They carved houses in the mountains, feeling secure[1].

15:83 So they were seized by the blast early in the morning.

15:84 Nothing of what they earned was of any avail to them.

15:85 We have not created the heavens and earth and all that is between them except for a true purpose. The Hour is certainly coming, so bear with them graciously[1].

15:86 Indeed, your Lord is the Absolute Creator, the All-Knowing.

15:87 We have surely given you the seven oft-repeated verses[1] and the great Qur’an.

15:88 Do not look longingly at the pleasures We have given certain classes[1] of them[2], nor grieve over them[3], but lower your wing [in humility] to the believers[4].

15:89 And say, “I am indeed a clear warner.” –

15:90 just as We sent down [punishment] upon those who divided [their religion][1],