54. Kamer · verses 18–20

كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri

The ´Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ

Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin

For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ

TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin

Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).