Has not the story reached you, (O people!), of those who (went) before you? - of the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud? - And of those who (came) after them? None knows them but Allah. To them came messengers with Clear (Signs); but they put their hands up to their mouths, and said: "We do deny (the mission) on which ye have been sent, and we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that to which ye invite us."
あなたがた以前の者たち，ヌーフやアードやサムードの民の消息を，あなたがたは聞かなかったのか。またかれらの後（に来た）者たちのことは，アッラー以外には誰も知らない。使徒たちが明証を持ってかれらの所にやって来たが，かれらは手でかれら（預言者たち）の口を押えて，言った。「わたしたちは，あなたがたが遺わされたことを信じません。またわたしたちを招く教えに就いても，本当に不安な疑いを抱きます。」