(Then) they hamstrung the shecamel and defied the order of their Lord, saying to Salih: 'Bring down that which you have promised us if you truly are one of the Messengers. ' (77)

Thereupon the earthquake seized them, at morning in their dwellings they were crouched, dead. (78)

He turned from them, saying: 'I conveyed to you, my nation the Message of my Lord and gave you counsel; but you had no love for sincere advisers. ' (79)

And Lot, who said to his nation: 'Do you commit such indecency (sodomy) in a way that no one has preceded you in the worlds? (80)

You approach men lustfully instead of women. Truly, you are a nation who exceed (in sin). ' (81)

The only answer of his nation was: 'Expel them from your village. They are people who keep themselves purified. ' (82)

We saved him and all his family, except his wife, who was made to remain, (83)

and We rained down upon them a rain. So look how was the end of the evildoers. (84)

And to Midian, their brother Shu'aib. He said: 'Worship Allah, my nation, for you have no god except He. A clear sign has come to you from your Lord. Give just weight, and full measure; and do not diminish the goods of people. Do not corrupt the land after it has been set right, that is best for you, if you are believers. (85)

'Do not sit in every road, threatening and barring from the Path of Allah those who believed it, nor seek to make it crooked. Remember how He multiplied you when you were few in number. Consider the end of the corrupters. (86)