69. Haka · verses 2–5

مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

Ma alhaqqatu

What is the Sure Reality?

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

The Thamud and the ´Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!