So we delivered him and his whole family—

Save an aged one among those who tarried—

Then we destroyed the rest—

And we rained a rain upon them, and fatal was the rain to those whom we had warned.

In this truly was a sign; but most of them did not believe.

But thy Lord! He is the Powerful, the Merciful!

The dwellers in the forest of Madian¹⁵ treated the Apostles as liars.

When Shoaib their brother said to them, “Will ye not fear God?

I truly am your trustworthy Apostle.

Fear God, then, and obey me:

No reward ask I of you for this: my reward is of the Lord of the Worlds alone.

Fill the measure, and be not of those who minish:

Weigh with exact balance:

And defraud not men in their substance, and do no wrong on the earth by deeds of licence;

And fear Him who made you and the races of old.”

They said, “Certainly thou art a person bewitched.

Thou art but a man like us, and we deem thee liar—

Make now a part of the heaven to fall down upon us, if thou art a man of truth.”

He said, “My Lord best knoweth your doings.”

And when they treated him as a liar, the chastisement of the day of cloud overtook them. This truly was the chastisement of a dreadful day!

In this was a sign, but most of them believed not.

But thy Lord!—He is the Mighty, the Merciful!

Verily from the Lord of the Worlds hath this Book come down;

The faithful spirit¹⁶ hath come down with it

Upon thy heart, that thou mightest become a warner—

In the clear Arabic tongue:

And truly it is foretold in the Scriptures of them of yore.¹⁷

Was it not a sign to them¹⁸ that the learned among the children of Israel recognised it?

If we had sent it down unto any foreigner,