Verse 54:16 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
12 وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُیُونࣰا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَاۤءُ عَلَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ۝١٢ wafajjarnā l-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqā l-māu ʿalā amrin qad qudir burst the earth with gushing springs: the waters met for a preordained purpose 13 وَحَمَلۡنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَ ٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ ۝١٣ waḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥin wadusuri We carried him along on a vessel of planks and nail 14 تَجۡرِی بِأَعۡیُنِنَا جَزَاۤءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ۝١٤ tajrī bi-aʿyuninā jazāan liman kāna kufir that floated under Our watchful eye, a reward for the one who had been rejected 15 وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَـٰهَاۤ ءَایَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٥ walaqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal min muddakiri We have left this as a sign: will anyone take heed
16 فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٦ fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings
17 وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٧ walaqad yassarnā l-qur'āna lildhik'ri fahal min muddakiri We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed 18 كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ۝١٨ kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur The people of 'Ad also rejected the truth. How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings 19 إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ رِیحࣰا صَرۡصَرࣰا فِی یَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ ۝١٩ innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mus'tamirri We released a howling wind against them on a day of terrible disaster 20 تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ۝٢٠ tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿiri it swept people away like uprooted palm trunks

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