He said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so)

By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death

Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise

And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay

Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs

And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced

Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers

And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers

So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road plain to see

And the dwellers in Al-Hijr denied (Our) messengers

And we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them

And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure

But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour

And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not

We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O Muhammad), with a gracious forgiveness

Lo! Thy Lord! He is the All-Wise Creator

We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the great Qur'an

Strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoin, and be not grieved on their account, and lower thy wing (in tenderness) for the believers

And say: Lo! I, even I, am a plain warner

Such as We send down for those who make division