فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِّثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ ١٣

But if they turn away, then say (O Muhammad SAW): "I have warned you of a Sa'iqah (a destructive awful cry, torment, hit, a thunderbolt) like the Sa'iqah which overtook 'Ad and Thamud (people)."

فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا

But if they turn away,

فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ

then say (O Muhammad SAW): 'I have warned you of

صَاعِقَةً مِّثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ

a Sa'iqah (a destructive awful cry, torment, hit, a thunderbolt) like the Sa'iqah which overtook 'Ad and Thamud (people).

إِذْ جَاءَتْهُمُ الرُّسُلُ مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا اللَّهَ ۖ قَالُوا لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّنَا لَأَنزَلَ مَلَائِكَةً فَإِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِ كَافِرُونَ ١٤

When the Messengers came to them, from before them and behind them (saying): "Worship none but Allah" They said: "If our Lord had so willed, He would surely have sent down the angels. So indeed! We disbelieve in that with which you have been sent."

إِذْ جَاءَتْهُمُ الرُّسُلُ

When the Messengers came to them,

مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ

from before them and behind them

أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا اللَّهَ ۖ

(saying): 'Worship none but Allah'

قَالُوا

They said:

لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّنَا لَأَنزَلَ مَلَائِكَةً

'If our Lord had so willed, He would surely have sent down the angels.

فَإِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِ كَافِرُونَ

So indeed! We disbelieve in that with which you have been sent.

فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً ۖ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۖ وَكَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ ١٥

As for 'Ad, they were arrogant in the land without right, and they said: "Who is mightier than us in strength?" See they not that Allah, Who created them was mightier in strength than them. And they used to deny Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.)!

فَأَمَّا عَادٌ

As for 'Ad,

فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ

they were arrogant in the land without right,

وَقَالُوا مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً ۖ

and they said: 'Who is mightier than us in strength?'

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُمْ

See they not that Allah, Who created them

هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۖ

was mightier in strength than them.

وَكَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

And they used to deny Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.)!

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ ۖ وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ١٦

So We sent upon them furious wind in days of evil omen (for them) that We might give them a taste of disgracing torment in this present worldly life, but surely the torment of the Hereafter will be more disgracing, and they will never be helped.

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا

So We sent upon them furious wind

فِي أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ

in days of evil omen (for them)

لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ

that We might give them a taste of disgracing torment in this present worldly life

وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ ۖ

but surely the torment of the Hereafter will be more disgracing

وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

and they will never be helped

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَىٰ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ ١٧

And as for Thamud, We showed and made clear to them the Path of Truth (Islamic Monotheism) through Our Messenger, (i.e. showed them the way of success), but they preferred blindness to guidance, so the Sa'iqah (a destructive awful cry, torment, hit, a thunderbolt) of disgracing torment seized them, because of what they used to earn.

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ

And as for Thamud,

فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ

We showed and made clear to them

فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَىٰ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

the Path of Truth (Islamic Monotheism) through Our Messenger, but they preferred blindness to guidance,

فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ

so the Sa'iqah (a destructive awful cry, torment, hit, a thunderbolt) of disgracing torment seized them,

بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

because of what they used to earn.

وَنَجَّيْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ ١٨

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah, keep their duty to Him and avoid evil.

وَنَجَّيْنَا

And We saved

الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا

those who believed

وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ

and used to fear Allah, keep their duty to Him and avoid evil