Surah 69 · verse 3
Al-Haqqah 69:3
Sign in to listenوَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
wa-ma adraka ma al-haqqah
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
Verse 1Verse 3 Verse 4
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
The Inevitable Reality -
Verse 2مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Verse 5فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Verse 6وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind