مَا الحاقَّةُ

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَما أَدراكَ مَا الحاقَّةُ

And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Reality is?

كَذَّبَت ثَمودُ وَعادٌ بِالقارِعَةِ

Thamud and Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

فَأَمّا ثَمودُ فَأُهلِكوا بِالطّاغِيَةِ

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the Overwhelming.

وَأَمّا عادٌ فَأُهلِكوا بِريحٍ صَرصَرٍ عاتِيَةٍ

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