They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?" (۷۰)

He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)." (۷۱)

Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro. (۷۲)

But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning, (۷۳)

And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay. (۷۴)

Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand. (۷۵)

And the (cities were) right on the high-road. (۷۶)

Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed. (۷۷)

And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong-doers; (۷۸)

So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see. (۷۹)