سُوْرَةُ الْقَمَرِ
Surah Al-Qamar (54) — Ayah 20
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Plucking out men as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
تَنزِعُ
tanziʿu
Plucking out
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
men
كَأَنَّهُمْ
ka-annahum
as if they (were)
أَعْجَازُ
aʿjāzu
trunks
نَخْلٍۢ
nakhlin
(of) date-palms
مُّنقَعِرٍۢ
munqaʿirin
uprooted
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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20. It was tearing people away and hurling them as if they were roots of uprooted palm trees [19].
[19]
The People of 'Ad and Their Fate:
This punishment came in the form of an extremely fast-moving wind, and this wind was intensely cold, which would enter their homes. It would also uproot trees and throw them away, and it would even uproot the people of the nation, who were tall, well-built, strong, and powerful, from their feet and hurl them to the ground. This would break their necks, and it seemed as if they too were palm trees uprooted from their roots.
[19]
The People of 'Ad and Their Fate:
This punishment came in the form of an extremely fast-moving wind, and this wind was intensely cold, which would enter their homes. It would also uproot trees and throw them away, and it would even uproot the people of the nation, who were tall, well-built, strong, and powerful, from their feet and hurl them to the ground. This would break their necks, and it seemed as if they too were palm trees uprooted from their roots.
