We know best what they say; and thou art not one to overawe them by force. So admonish with the Qur'an such as fear My Warning!

And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.

"(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;

Then, when he decided to lay hold of the man who was an enemy to both of them, that man said: "O Moses! Is it thy intention to slay me as thou slewest a man yesterday? Thy intention is none other than to become a powerful violent man in the land, and not to be one who sets things right!"

They said: "O Moses! In this land are a people of exceeding strength: Never shall we enter it until they leave it: if (once) they leave, then shall we enter."

"And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute power?

Such were the 'Ad People: they rejected the Signs of their Lord and Cherisher; disobeyed His messengers; And followed the command of every powerful, obstinate transgressor.

But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and frustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor.

"(Such) as dispute about the Signs of Allah, without any authority that hath reached them, grievous and odious (is such conduct) in the sight of Allah and of the Believers. Thus doth Allah, seal up every heart - of arrogant and obstinate Transgressors."

Allah is He, than Whom there is no other god;- the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of Peace (and Perfection), the Guardian of Faith, the Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in Might, the Irresistible, the Supreme: Glory to Allah! (High is He) above the partners they attribute to Him.

我全知他们所说的谰言，你不能强制他们，故你应当以《古兰经》教诲畏惧我的警告的人们。

是孝敬你的，不是霸道的，不是忤逆的。

（他使我）孝敬我的母亲，他没有使我做霸道的、薄命的人。

当他欲扑击他俩的敌人的时候，求救的那个人说：“穆萨啊！你要象昨日杀人样杀我吗？你只想做这地方的暴虐者，却不想做调解者。”

他们说：“穆萨呀！圣地中，的确有一个强大的种族，我们绝不进去，直到他们出来。如果他们出来，我们必定进去。”

你们惩治（他人）的时候，你们是很残酷的。

这些阿德人曾否认他们的主的迹象，并违抗他们族中的使者，而且顺从每个顽固的暴虐者的命令。

他们曾要求判决。每个顽固的暴虐者都失望了。

没有真凭实据，而争论真主的迹象者，据真主和信士看来，是很讨厌的。真主这样封闭一切自大的高傲者的心。

他是真主，除他外，绝无应受崇拜的。他是君主。他是至洁的，是健全的，是保佑的，是见证的，是万能的，是尊严的，是尊大的。赞颂真主，超绝万物，他是超乎他们所用以配他的。