The Moon (Al-Qamar)
Verses 23-32 GROUP_1419 54.23-32
23
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ
The tribe of Thamud also rejected Our warnings:
24
فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ
they said, ‘Are we to follow a man from amongst ourselves? We would surely then fall into error and madness.
25
أَؤُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ
Has the [Divine] message been revealed to him alone of all of us? No, he is a boastful liar.’
26
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ
[We said to him] ‘Tomorrow they shall know who is the boastful liar,
27
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ
for We are [going to] send the she-camel as a trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
28
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاء قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ
And tell them that the water [of the well] is to be divided between them, and that each one should drink in turn.’
29
فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَى فَعَقَرَ
But they called their companion who took a sword and hamstrung her.
30
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
How [terrible] were My punishment and My warnings!
31
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ
Then We sent a single blast against them and they became like dry stubble which has been trampled upon.
32
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
Indeed, We have made the Quran easy to learn lessons from. Is there anyone who would receive admonition?
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Commentary
(a) A prophet always appears in the shape of an ordinary man. So, man is not able to recognise him. Similarly, the she-camel sent by God was also apparently like an ordinary camel. So, the people of Thamud were unable to recognise it and killed it. Our world presents just this kind of test. Here, people are required to see the representative of God in the apparently ordinary person and the she-camel of God in the apparently ordinary she-camel. Those who fail in this test never find the path of righteousness. Though the Quran is a deeply meaningful book, there is the utmost clarity in its style of expression. For this reason it has become very easy to understand the Quran, whether its readers be of greater or lesser education.