Verse 54:21 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
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 25 أَءُلۡقِیَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَیۡهِ مِنۢ بَیۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ ۝٢٥ a-ul'qiya l-dhik'ru ʿalayhi min bayninā bal huwa kadhābun ashiru Would a mes-sage be given to him alone out of all of us? No, he is an insolent liar!’

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