It was said to her: Enter the palace; but when she saw it she deemed it to be a great expanse of water, and bared her legs. He said: Surely it is a palace made smooth with glass. She said: My Lord! surely I have been unjust to myself, and I submit with Sulaiman to Allah, the Lord of the worlds (44)

And certainly We sent to Samood their brother Salih, saying: Serve Allah; and lo! they became two sects quarrelling with each other (45)

He said: O my people! why do you seek to hasten on the evil before the good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of Allah so that you may be dealt with mercifully? (46)

They said: We have met with ill luck on account of you and on account of those with you. He said: The cause of your evil fortune is with Allah; nay, you are a people who are tried (47)

And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and did not act aright (48)

They said: Swear to each other by Allah that we will certainly make a sudden attack on him and his family by night, then we will say to his heir: We did not witness the destruction of his family, and we are most surely truthful (49)

And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan while they perceived not (50)

See, then, how was the end of their plan that We destroyed them and their people, all (of them) (51)

So those are their houses fallen down because they were unjust, most surely there is a sign in this for a people who know (52)

.And We delivered those who believed and who guarded (against evil) (53)