وَأَمّا عادٌ فَأُهلِكوا بِريحٍ صَرصَرٍ عاتِيَةٍ

As for Aad, they were destroyed by a relentless, roaring wind.

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

He imposed it upon them for seven nights and eight consecutive days. You would see the people lying overthrown, as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

فَهَل تَرىٰ لَهُم مِن باقِيَةٍ

Can you see any remnants of them?

وَجاءَ فِرعَونُ وَمَن قَبلَهُ وَالمُؤتَفِكاتُ بِالخاطِئَةِ

Then came Pharaoh, those before him, and the Overturned Cities, all steeped in sin.

فَعَصَوا رَسولَ رَبِّهِم فَأَخَذَهُم أَخذَةً رابِيَةً

They all disobeyed their Lord’s messenger, and consequently, He seized them with a devastating seizure.

لِنَجعَلَها لَكُم تَذكِرَةً وَتَعِيَها أُذُنٌ واعِيَةٌ

That We might make it a lesson for you, and for heedful ears to retain.

فَإِذا نُفِخَ فِي الصّورِ نَفخَةٌ واحِدَةٌ

Then, when the Trumpet is blown, with a single blast.

وَحُمِلَتِ الأَرضُ وَالجِبالُ فَدُكَّتا دَكَّةً واحِدَةً

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and crushed with a single strike.

فَيَومَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الواقِعَةُ

Then on that Day, the Great Event will happen.

وَانشَقَّتِ السَّماءُ فَهِيَ يَومَئِذٍ واهِيَةٌ

And the sky will split apart; on that Day, it will be unstable.