Al-Haqqah (الحاقة)

Verse 6 of 52

Chapter 69 - The Reality

6

وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ

Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah

And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

Quran 69:6 - Surah Al-Haqqah

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4

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

5

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

6

وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ

And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

7

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ

Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

8

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ

Then do you see of them any remains?