﴿ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴾

“But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike:”

(But they denied him) they denied the message brought by Salih, (and they hamstrung her) they hamstrung the she-camel, (so Allah doomed them for their sin) so Allah destroyed them because of killing the she-camel and disbelieving in Salih (and razed (their dwellings)) killing the old and the young among them.