كَذَّبَت ثَمودُ وَعادٌ بِالقارِعَةِ

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

فَأَمّا ثَمودُ فَأُهلِكوا بِالطّاغِيَةِ

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

وَأَمّا عادٌ فَأُهلِكوا بِريحٍ صَرصَرٍ عاتِيَةٍ

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

سَخَّرَها عَلَيهِم سَبعَ لَيالٍ وَثَمانِيَةَ أَيّامٍ حُسومًا فَتَرَى القَومَ فيها صَرعىٰ كَأَنَّهُم أَعجازُ نَخلٍ خاوِيَةٍ

Which Allah 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.

فَهَل تَرىٰ لَهُم مِن باقِيَةٍ

Then do you see of them any remains?

فَعَصَوا رَسولَ رَبِّهِم فَأَخَذَهُم أَخذَةً رابِيَةً

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

إِنّا لَمّا طَغَى الماءُ حَمَلناكُم فِي الجارِيَةِ

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

لِنَجعَلَها لَكُم تَذكِرَةً وَتَعِيَها أُذُنٌ واعِيَةٌ

That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

فَإِذا نُفِخَ فِي الصّورِ نَفخَةٌ واحِدَةٌ

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ الأَرضُ وَالجِبالُ فَدُكَّتا دَكَّةً واحِدَةً

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -