Trivia:
54:33-40
33 The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
34 Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,
35 As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
36 And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
Lot's folk rejected warnings.
So we sent a storm of stones upon them - except for Lot's family.
37 They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!
38 And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
39 Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
They even asked his guest for an ill purpose. [1]
So we blinded their eyes and said,
Taste my punishment after my warnings!
40 And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
We've made the Quran easy to remember,
but does anyone remember it?
54:41-45
41 And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
42 Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
Warning came to the Pharaoh's house.
But they denied our revelations.
So we grasped them with a mighty and powerful grasp.
43 Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures?
44 Or say they: We are a host victorious?
45 The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
Are your disbelievers better than those?
54:46-55
46 Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
47 Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
48 On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
49 Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
50 And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
Their hour of doom will be even more wretched and bitter than their failed earthly lives.
The guilty are in error and madness.
On the day they are dragged into the fire on their faces,
someone will say to them,
Feel the touch of hell.
51 And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?
52 And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
53 And every small and great thing is recorded.
54 Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
55 Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.
We have destroyed your friends.
But does anyone remember?
Notes
Althogh the "ill purpose" isn't specified here, it is clearly stated in other surahs.
For example, 7:80-81 says, "Will ye commit abomination such as no creature ever did before you? Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but ye are wanton folk." (See also 26:165-9 and 27:54-55)