تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ
(54:20) which tore people away and hurled them as though they were trunks
of uprooted palm-trees.
of uprooted palm-trees.
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
(54:21) So how awesome were My chastisement and My warnings!
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
(54:22) We have made the Qur'an easy to derive lessons from. Is there, then,
any who will take heed?
any who will take heed?
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
(54:23) Thamud gave the lie to the warnings,
فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ
(54:24) saying: “Are we to follow a single mortal,7 one from
among ourselves? If we do that, we shall surely be in error and folly.
among ourselves? If we do that, we shall surely be in error and folly.
أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٞ
(54:25) Was there none but he to whom the Reminder could be vouchsafed excluding
all others? Nay; he is an insolent liar.”8
all others? Nay; he is an insolent liar.”8