وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
52. But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.
الْحَاقَّةُ
1. The Inevitable Reality -
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
2. What is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
3. And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
4. Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
5. So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
6. And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَابِيَةً
10. And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
13. Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
14. And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
