054.019 Y:  For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,

P:  Lo!  We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,

S:  Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck

054.020 Y:  Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).

P:  Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.

S:  Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.

054.021 Y:  Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

P:  Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

S:  How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

054.022 Y:  But We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember:  then is there any that will receive admonition?

P:  And in truth We have made the Qur’an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?

S:  And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

054.023 Y:  The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

P:  (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

S:  Samood rejected the warning.

054.024 Y:  For they said:  “What! a man! a solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one?  Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!”

P:  For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow?  Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.

S:  So they said:  What! a single mortal from among us!  Shall we follow him?  Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress: 

054.025 Y:  “Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us?  Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!”

P:  Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us?  Nay, but he is a rash liar.

S:  Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us?  Nay! he is an insolent liar!

054.026 Y:  Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!

P:  (Unto their warner it was said):  To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.

S:  Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.

054.027 Y:  For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them.  So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!

P:  Lo!  We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;

S:  Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.

054.028 Y:  And tell them that the water is to be divided between them:  Each one’s right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).

P:  And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them.  Every drinking will be witnessed.

S:  And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.