69. Al-Haqqah · Grammar

Introduction to the Inevitable Hour 1–3

Ayah 1

The Inevitable Reality -

Ayah 2

What is the Inevitable Reality?

Ayah 3

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

The Destruction of Thamud and Ad 4–8

Ayah 4

Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].

Ayah 5

So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

Ayah 6

And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

Ayah 7

Which He [i.e., Allāh] 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.

Ayah 8

Then do you see of them any remains?

Pharaoh and the Overturned Cities 9–12

Ayah 9

And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

Ayah 10

And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

Ayah 11

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship