كَذَّبَتۡ

عَادٞ

فَكَيۡفَ

كَانَ

عَذَابِي

وَنُذُرِ

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’Ȃd ˹also˺ rejected ˹the truth˺. Then how ˹dreadful˺ were My punishment and warnings!

Indeed, We sent against them a furious wind,¹ on a day of unrelenting misery,

that snatched people up, leaving them like trunks of uprooted palm trees.

Then how ˹dreadful˺ were My punishment and warnings!

And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there anyone who will be mindful?

Thamûd rejected the warnings ˹as well˺,

arguing, “How can we follow one ˹average˺ human being from among us? We would then truly be misguided and insane.

Has the revelation been sent down ˹only˺ to him out of ˹all of˺ us? In fact, he is a boastful liar.”

˹It was revealed to Ṣâliḥ,˺ “They will soon know who the boastful liar is.

We are sending the she-camel as a test for them. So watch them ˹closely˺, and have patience.