Surah 69 · verse 5
Al-Haqqah 69:5
Sign in to listenفَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
fa-amma thamud fa-uhliku bi-ath-taghiyat
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Reality?
Verse 3وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
Verse 4كَذَّبَتْ 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].
وَأَمَّا 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.
Verse 8فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Then do you see of them any remains?