سُوْرَةُ الْحَآقَّةِ
Surah Al-Haaqqa (69) — Ayah 7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Which Allâh imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
سَخَّرَهَا
sakharahā
Which He imposed
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
upon them
سَبْعَ
sabʿa
(for) seven
لَيَالٍۢ
layālin
nights
وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ
wathamāniyata
and eight
أَيَّامٍ
ayyāmin
days
حُسُومًۭا
ḥusūman
(in) succession
فَتَرَى
fatarā
so you would see
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
صَرْعَىٰ
ṣarʿā
fallen
كَأَنَّهُمْ
ka-annahum
as if they were
أَعْجَازُ
aʿjāzu
trunks
نَخْلٍ
nakhlin
(of) date-palms
خَاوِيَةٍۢ
khāwiyatin
hollow
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
7. 1. The meaning of جسم is to cut and separate, and some have interpreted حسوما as meaning consecutively. This indicates their length. The hollow, lifeless body has been likened to a hollow trunk.
