oved blindly in the frenzy of
approaching death.

S: By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication.

015.073
Y: But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,

P: Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise.

S: So the rumbling overtook them (while) entering upon the time of
sunrise;

015.074
Y: And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them
brimstones hard as baked clay.

P: And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of
heated clay.

S: Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of
what had been decreed.

015.075
Y: Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.

P: Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs.

S: Surely in this are signs for those who examine.

015.076
Y: And the (cities were) right on the high-road.

P: And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.

S: And surely it is on a road that still abides.

015.077
Y: Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.

P: Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.

S: Most surely there is a sign in this for the believers.

015.078
Y: And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong-doers;

P: And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers.

S: And the dwellers of the thicket also were most surely unjust.

015.079
Y: So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open
highway, plain to see.

P: So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road
plain to see.

S: So We inflicted retribution on them, and they are both, indeed, on an
open road (still) pursued.

015.080
Y: The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the messengers:

P: And the dwellers in Al-Hijr denied (Our) messengers.

S: And the dwellers of the Rock certainly rejected the messengers;

015.081
Y: We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.

P: And we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them.

S: And We gave them Our communications, but they turned aside from them;

015.082
Y: Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling
themselves) secure.

P: And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they
dwelt) secure.

S: And they hewed houses in the mountains in security.

015.083
Y: But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,

P: But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,

S: So the rumbling overtook them