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Al-Haqqah (The Reality)

Verse 7of 52

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

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.

Word-by-word meaning

سَخَّرَهَاsakharahāWhich He imposed
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
سَبْعَsabʿa(for) seven
لَيَالٍۢlayālinnights
وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَwathamāniyataand eight
أَيَّامٍayyāmindays
حُسُومًۭاḥusūman(in) succession
فَتَرَىfatarāso you would see
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
فِيهَاfīhātherein
صَرْعَىٰṣarʿāfallen
كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they were
أَعْجَازُaʿjāzutrunks
نَخْلٍnakhlin(of) date-palms
خَاوِيَةٍۢkhāwiyatinhollow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Warning concerning the Greatness of the Day of JudgementAl-Haqqah is one of the names of the Day of Judgement, because during it the promise and the threat will inevitably occur. Due to this, Allah has declared the greatness of this matter.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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