S:  So they gave him the lie, then We destroyed them.  Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

026.140 Y:  And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

P:  And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

S:  And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

026.141 Y:  The Thamud (people) rejected the messengers.

P:  (The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)

S:  Samood gave the lie to the messengers

026.142 Y:  Behold, their brother Salih said to them:  “Will you not fear (Allah)?”

P:  When their brother Salih said unto them:  Will ye not ward off (evil)?

S:  When their brother Salih said to them:  Will you not guard (against evil)?

026.143 Y:  “I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.”

P:  Lo!  I am a faithful messenger unto you,

S:  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you

026.144 Y:  “So fear Allah, and obey me.”

P:  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

S:  Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me: 

026.145 Y:  “No reward do I ask of you for it:  my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.”

P:  And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the
Lord of the Worlds.

S:  And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the
Lord of the worlds: 

026.146 Y:  “Will ye be left secure, in (the enjoyment of) all that ye have here?"-

P:  Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,

S:  Will you be left secure in what is here;

026.147 Y:  “Gardens and Springs,”

P:  In gardens and watersprings.

S:  In gardens and fountains,

026.148 Y:  “And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breaking (with the weight of fruit)?”

P:  And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,

S:  And cornfields and palm-trees having fine spadices?

026.149 Y:  “And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.”

P:  Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?

S:  And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly;

026.150 Y:  “But fear Allah and obey me;”

P:  Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,

S:  Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me;

026.151 Y:  “And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant,"-

P:  And obey not the command of the prodigal,

S:  And do not obey the bidding of the extravagant,

026.152 Y:  “Who make mischief in the land, and mend not (their ways).”

P:  Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.

S:  Who make mischief in the land and do not act aright.

026.153 Y:  They said:  “Thou art only one of those bewitched!”