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Al-Haqqah · 69:6

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1. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

   69:3And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality

2. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ

   69:4Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity

3. فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

   69:5So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast]

4. وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ

   69:6And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

5. سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٖ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومٗاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٖ

   69:7Which 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

6. فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ

   69:8Then do you see of them any remains

7. وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ

   69:9And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin