The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

11: 112
Hud 143
morning they lay dead in their homes, 95 as if they had never lived
and flourished there. Yes, away with the people of Midian, just like
the Thamud!
96 We also sent Moses, with Our signs and clear authority, 97 to
Pharaoh and his supporters, but they followed Pharaoh’s orders, and
Pharaoh’s orders were misguided. 98 He will be at the forefront of his
people on the Day of Resurrection, leading them down towards the
Fire. What a foul drinking place to be led to! 99 They were pursued
by God’s rejection in this life and will be on the Day of Resurrection,
too. What a foul gift to be given!
100 We relate to you [Muhammad] such accounts of earlier towns:
some of them are still standing; some have been mown down; 101 We
did not wrong them; they wronged themselves. Their gods, which
they called on beside God, were no use to them when what your
Lord had ordained came about; they only increased their ruin.
102 Such is the punishment of your Lord for towns in the midst of
their sins: His punishment is terrible and severe. 103 There truly is a
sign in this for anyone who fears the punishment of the Hereafter.
That is a Day in which all people will be gathered together, a Day for
all to see. 104 We are delaying it only for a specified period, 105 and
when that Day comes, no soul will speak except by His permission,
and some of them will be wretched and some happy. 106 The
wretched ones will be in the Fire, sighing and groaning, 107 there to
remain for as long as the heavens and earth endure, unless your Lord
wills otherwise: your Lord carries out whatever He wills. 108 As for
those who have been blessed, they will be in Paradise, there to
remain as long as the heavens and earth endure, unless your Lord
wills otherwise – an unceasing gift. a
109 [Prophet], have no doubt about what these people worship: it is
merely what their fathers worshipped before them, and We shall
certainly give them their share in full, without any reduction. 110 We
gave Moses the Scripture before you, but differences arose about it
and if it had not been for a prior word from your Lord, a decision
would already have been made between them, though they are in
grave doubt about it. 111 Your Lord will give everyone full due for
whatever they have done: He is aware of everything they do. 112 So
keep to the right course as you have been commanded, together with
a Literally ‘uninterrupted giving’.