Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Info 1 69:1
The Inevitable Hour!
2 69:2
What is the Inevitable Hour?
3 69:3
And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
4 69:4
˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.1
5 69:5
As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.
6 69:6
And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind
7 69:7
which Allah unleashed on them non-stop for seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted palm trees.
8 69:8
Do you see any of them left alive?
9 69:9
Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,
10 69:10
each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.