فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
The people of 'Ad also rejected the truth. How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ
We released a howling wind against them on a day of terrible disaster;
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ
it swept people away like uprooted palm trunks.
فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
How [terrible] was My punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!
وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ
We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran: will anyone take heed?
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
The people of Thamud also rejected the warnings: