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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
Allah's Name to commence with, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
In the name of Allah, the Infinitely Gracious, the Most Merciful.
اَلْحَآقَّةُ(1)
That Inevitable Occurrence (i.e. the Day of Judgement).
The inevitable event.
مَا الْحَآقَّةُ(2)
What is that Inevitable Occurrence?
What is the inevitable event?
وَ مَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْحَآقَّةُﭤ(3)
And what have you understood how that Inevitable Occurrence is?
And what do you know of the inevitable event?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ وَ عَادٌۢ بِالْقَارِعَةِ(4)
The (tribes of) Thamood and 'Aad belied that grief-striking calamity (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Thamūd and ʿĀd denied the catastrophic event.
فَاَمَّا ثَمُوْدُ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِالطَّاغِیَةِ(5)
So, the (tribe of) Thamood was destroyed by a violent blast of sound.
So, as for Thamūd, so they were destroyed by a piercing cry.
وَ اَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِرِیْحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِیَةٍ(6)
And as for the (tribe of) 'Aad, they were destroyed by a severe thundering windstorm.
And as for ʿĀd, so they were destroyed by a severe, clamorous wind.