Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation (1930)

129. And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?

130. And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?

131. Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

132. Keep your duty toward Him who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,

133. Hath aided you with cattle and sons

134. And gardens and watersprings.

135. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.

136. They said: It is all one to us whether thou prechest or art not of those who preach;

137. This is but a fable of the men of old,

138. And we shall not be doomed.

139. And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

140. And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

141. (The tribe of) Thamûd denied the messengers (of Allah)

142. When their brother Ṣâliḥ said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

143. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

144. So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

145. And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

146. Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,

147. In gardens and watersprings

148. And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,

149. Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?

150. Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,

151. And obey not the command of the prodigal,