Surah 69 · verse 4
Al-Haqqah 69:4
Sign in to listenكَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
kadhdhabat thamudu wa-'adun bil-qari'ah
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
The Inevitable Reality -
Verse 2مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Reality?
Verse 3وَمَا 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.
فَأَمَّا 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
Verse 7سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
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.