The Holy Quran 26:157 — Surah Ash-Shu'ara

Arabic text

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَ

Translation

However, they (sent one of their ruffians, who) killed (hamstrung, killed by hurling stones with a sling) the camel, but then (they all) grew to regret it (when Allaah's punishment came).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The crime of hamstringing the she-camel: a wicked woman had a great deal of livestock; troubled over fodder and water, she incited her lover, and he hamstrung the she-camel and brought her down. Three days after that the punishment came (“Mudih al-Quran”). This story too has already passed in detail earlier.

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