سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْقَافِ
Surah Al-Ahqaf (46) — Ayah 25
تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿25﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Destroying everything by the Command of its Lord! So they became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings! Thus do We recompense the people who are Mujrimûn (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
تُدَمِّرُ
tudammiru
Destroying
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَىْءٍۭ
shayin
thing
بِأَمْرِ
bi-amri
by (the) command
رَبِّهَا
rabbihā
(of) its Lord
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟
fa-aṣbaḥū
Then they became (such)
لَا
lā
not
يُرَىٰٓ
yurā
is seen
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ
masākinuhum
their dwellings
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
نَجْزِى
najzī
We recompense
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
l-muj'rimīna
[the] criminals
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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25. It was destroying everything by the command of its Lord [38], so that nothing could be seen except their dwellings. This is how We punish the guilty.
[38]
The Nature of the Punishment on ‘Ad:
The mention of this punishment has already appeared at several places in the Quran. The intensity of this windstorm was such that it would uproot trees and plants from their roots and throw them far away. This very windstorm penetrated into their underground houses. During this time, they could not even leave their homes. They died there, shivering from the extreme cold. The only thing left visible there were their houses, which had developed cracks.
[38]
The Nature of the Punishment on ‘Ad:
The mention of this punishment has already appeared at several places in the Quran. The intensity of this windstorm was such that it would uproot trees and plants from their roots and throw them far away. This very windstorm penetrated into their underground houses. During this time, they could not even leave their homes. They died there, shivering from the extreme cold. The only thing left visible there were their houses, which had developed cracks.
