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خَاشِعَةً اَبۡصَارُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٌؕ وَقَدۡ كَانُوۡا يُدۡعَوۡنَ اِلَي السُّجُوۡدِ وَهُمۡ سٰلِمُوۡنَ

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound

فَذَرۡنِيۡ وَمَنۡ يُّكَذِّبُ بِهٰذَا الۡحَدِيۡثِؕ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُمۡ مِّنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَۙ‏

So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know

وَاُمۡلِيۡ لَهُمۡؕ اِنَّ كَيۡدِيۡ مَتِيۡنٌ

And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm

اَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ اَجۡرًا فَهُمۡ مِّنۡ مَّغۡرَمٍ مُّثۡقَلُوۡنَۚ‏

Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down

اَمۡ عِنۡدَهُمُ الۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُوۡنَ

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down

فَاصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنۡ كَصَاحِبِ الۡحُوۡتِۘ اِذۡ نَادٰي وَهُوَ مَكۡظُوۡمٌؕ‏

Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed

لَوۡلَا٘ اَنۡ تَدٰرَكَهٗ نِعۡمَةٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّهٖ لَنُبِذَ بِالۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُوۡمٌ

If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured

فَاجۡتَبٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ فَجَعَلَهٗ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِيۡنَ

And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous

وَاِنۡ يَّكَادُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا لَيُزۡلِقُوۡنَكَ بِاَبۡصَارِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ اِنَّهٗ لَمَجۡنُوۡنٌۘ‏

And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad

وَمَا هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكۡرٌ لِّلۡعٰلَمِيۡنَࣖ‏

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds

اَلۡحَآقَّةُۙ‏

The Inevitable Reality

مَا الۡحَآقَّةُۚ‏

What is the Inevitable Reality

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الۡحَآقَّةُؕ‏

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ وَعَادٌۭ بِالۡقَارِعَةِ

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity

فَاَمَّا ثَمُوۡدُ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ

So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast]

وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِرِيۡحٍ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۙ‏

And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِيَةَ اَيَّامٍۙ حُسُوۡمًا فَتَرَي الۡقَوۡمَ فِيۡهَا صَرۡعٰيۙ كَاَنَّهُمۡ اَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۚ‏

Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees

فَهَلۡ تَرٰي لَهُمۡ مِّنۭۡ بَاقِيَةٍ

Then do you see of them any remains