Verse 54:20 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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
21
فَكَیۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِی وَنُذُرِ ٢١
fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhur
How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings
22
وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ٢٢
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
23
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٢٣
kadhabat thamūdu bil-nudhur
The people of Thamud also rejected the warnings
24
فَقَالُوۤا۟ أَبَشَرࣰا مِّنَّا وَ ٰحِدࣰا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥۤ إِنَّاۤ إِذࣰا لَّفِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤
faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿuri
they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane
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