and we refrain from sending the signs only because the men of former generations treated them as false we sent the shecamel to the thamud to open their eyes but they treated her wrongfully we only send the signs by way of terror .
وما منعنا أن نرسل بالآيات إلا أن كذب بها الأولون وآتينا ثمود الناقة مبصرة فظلموا بها وما نرسل بالآيات إلا تخويفا