( فكلا أخذنا بذنبه فمنهم من أرسلنا عليه حاصبا ) وهم قوم لوط ، " والحاصب " : الريح التي تحمل الحصباء ، وهي الحصا الصغار ( ومنهم من أخذته الصيحة ) يعني ثمود ، ( ومنهم من خسفنا به الأرض ) يعني قارون وأصحابه ( ومنهم من أغرقنا ) يعني : قوم نوح ، وفرعون وقومه ( وما كان الله ليظلمهم ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون ) .
So I seized each one of those mentioned above with My destructive punishment. Amongst them were the people of Lot on whom I sent down stones of baked clay. Amongst them were the people of Salih and the people of Shuaib who were overcome by a sudden blast. Amongst them was Qarun whom I sunk into the earth together with his property. Amongst them were the people of Noah and Pharaoh and Haman whom I destroyed by drowning. It was not Allah who wronged them by destroying them for no sin; but they wronged themselves by committing sin and thus were deserving of the punishment.