The crime and punishment of the people of Sodom.

The ruined cities still remain to tell the tale.

Similar fate of the people of the Grove and of al-Ḥijr.

The hour draws nigh.

The Lord Omniscient Creator has sent the Qurʾān and the seven verses of repetition.

Muḥammad is not to grieve at the worldly success of unbelievers.

Those who dismember the Qurʾān are threatened with punishment.

Muḥammad is encouraged against the misbelievers.

Chapter LI.

Sūratu ʾẕ-Ẕāriyāt.