(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)

They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk

That we may send upon them stones of clay

Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton

Then we brought forth such believers as were there

But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah)

And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom

And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant

But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman

So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate

And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them

It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust

And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile

But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed

And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves

And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk

We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof)

And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)

And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect

Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him

And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him