007.074 Y:  “And remember how He made you inheritors after the ’Ad people and gave you habitations in the land:  ye build for yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains, and carve out homes in the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah, and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth.”

P:  And remember how He made you viceroys after A’ad and gave you station in the earth.  Ye choose castles in the plains and hew the mountains into dwellings.  So remember (all) the bounties of Allah and do not evil, making mischief in the earth.

S:  And remember when He made you successors after Ad and settled you in the land—­ you make mansions on its plains and hew out houses in the mountains—­ remember therefore Allah’s benefits and do not act corruptly in the land, making mischief.

007.075 Y:  The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those who were reckoned powerless — those among them who believed:  “know ye indeed that Salih is a messenger from his Lord?” They said:  “We do indeed believe in the revelation which hath been sent through him.”

P:  The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said unto those whom they despised, unto such of them as believed:  Know ye that Salih is one sent from his Lord?  They said:  Lo!  In that wherewith he hath been sent we are believers.

S:  The chief of those who behaved proudly among his people said to those who were considered weak, to those who believed from among them:  Do you know that Salih is sent by his Lord?  They said:  Surely we are believers in what he has been sent with.

007.076 Y:  The Arrogant party said:  “For our part, we reject what ye believe in.”

P:  Those who were scornful said:  Lo! in that which ye believe we are disbelievers.

S:  Those who were haughty said:  Surely we are deniers of what you believe in.

007.077 Y:  Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order of their Lord, saying:  “O Salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art a messenger (of Allah)!”

P:  So they hamstrung the she-camel, and they flouted the commandment of their Lord, and they said:  O Salih!  Bring upon us that thou threatenest if thou art indeed of those sent (from Allah).

S:  So they slew the she-camel and revolted against their Lord’s commandment, and they said:  O Salih! bring us what you threatened us with, if you are one of the messengers.

007.078 Y:  So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!

P:  So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place.

S:  Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode.

007.079 Y:  So Salih left them, saying:  “O my people!  I did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord:  I gave you good counsel, but ye love not good counsellors!”