1. O Thaqifite, I see you are one who
Will meet the same fate as (the tribe of) Thamud met Thamud.

2. So woe to the remnants of Thamud!
I warned you of your impending return.

3. An evil tribe, God struck them
With thunderbolts that left them annihilated.

4. It befell them and destroyed them
Save a few whom it reckoned as apes.

5. No arrow shot by God goes astray
Except a few paltry ones.

6. Heed my warning! Heed my warning! Or expect
Spears from me that will shred iron.

7. Either you come guided rightly
Or how can one lost come aright?

8. Refuse, and destiny
Will wretchedly afflict ancestors and prosper forebears.

9. For that the stars alternate,
Now inauspiciously, now prosperously.

10. Whenever the base attacked me
I overwhelmed them with my ascent.