الحاقة
Al-Haqqah
Surah 69
Verse 5
الحاقة
The Reality • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
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69:5
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
The tribe of Thamud and the tribe of ‘Ad treated as a lie the sudden calamity.
English - Five Volume Translation
The tribe of Thamud and the tribe of ‘Ad treated as a lie the sudden calamity.[4342]
Important Words:
القارعة (the sudden calamity) is derived from قرع. They say قرع رأسه بالعصا i.e. he struck his head with a stick. قرع الباب means, he knocked at the door. القارعة means, a great calamity which strikes terror into the hearts of people (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
Whereas, in the preceding three verses, the inevitability of the doom in store for the opponents of the Holy Prophet was emphasized, in the verse under comment the case of the ‘Ad and the Thamud tribes is cited to warn them that they should learn a lesson from the evil fate of these peoples, who in the remote past, flourished in their neighbourhood.
English - Short Commentary Translation
The tribes of Thamud and ‘Ad treated as a lie the sudden calamity.
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