الْحَاقَّةُ   

69.1 . The Reality

مَا الْحَاقَّةُ   

69.2 . What is the Reality

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ   

69.3 . Ah , what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ   

69.4 . ( The tribes of ) Thamud and Aad disbelieved in the judgment to come .

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ   

69.5 . As for Thamud , they were destroyed by the lightning .

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ   

69.6 . And as for Aad , they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind ,

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُوماً فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ   

69.7 . Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown , as they were hollow trunks of palm trees .

فَهَلْ تَرَى لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ   

69.8 . Canst thou ( O Muhammad ) see any remnant of them?

وَجَاء فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ   

69.9 . And Pharaoh and those before him , and the communities that were destroyed , brought error ,

فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً   

69.10 . And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord , therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip .