069surah
Translation by
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran (Change)
Surah Info

ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
١

The Inevitable Hour!
مَا
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
٢
What is the Inevitable Hour?
وَمَآ
أَدۡرَىٰكَ
مَا
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
٣
And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
كَذَّبَتۡ
ثَمُودُ
وَعَادُۢ
بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ
٤
˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.1
فَأَمَّا
ثَمُودُ
فَأُهۡلِكُواْ
بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
٥
As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.
وَأَمَّا
عَادٞ
فَأُهۡلِكُواْ
بِرِيحٖ
صَرۡصَرٍ
عَاتِيَةٖ
٦
And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind
سَخَّرَهَا
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
سَبۡعَ
لَيَالٖ
وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ
أَيَّامٍ
حُسُومٗاۖ
فَتَرَى
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
فِيهَا
صَرۡعَىٰ
كَأَنَّهُمۡ
أَعۡجَازُ
نَخۡلٍ
خَاوِيَةٖ
٧
which Allah unleashed on them non-stop for seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted palm trees.
فَهَلۡ
تَرَىٰ
لَهُم
مِّنۢ
بَاقِيَةٖ
٨
Do you see any of them left alive?
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