26. Shuara · verses 155–157

سورة الشعراء
155

قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ

Qala hathihi naqatun laha shirbun walakum shirbu yawmin maAAloomin

He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.

156

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ

Wala tamassooha bisooin fayakhuthakum AAathabu yawmin AAatheemin

"Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great Day seize you."

157

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ

FaAAaqarooha faasbahoo nadimeena

But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets.