Surah 69 · verse 6
Al-Haqqah 69:6
Sign in to listenوَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
wa-amma 'adun fa-uhliku bi-rihin sarcarin 'atiyah
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَمَا 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.
Verse 5فَأَمَّا 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
سَخَّرَهَا 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?
Verse 9وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.