:28. And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
:29. But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
:30. Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
:31. For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
:32. And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
:33. The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
:34. We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-
:35. As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
:36. And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.
:37. And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
:38. Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
:39. "So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
:40. And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
:41. To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
:42. The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.
:43. Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
:44. Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
:45. Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
:46. Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
:47. Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
:48. The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
:49. Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
