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Al-Qamar (The Moon)

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تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍۢ مُّنقَعِرٍۢ﴿٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

Word-by-word meaning

تَنزِعُtanziʿuPlucking out
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsamen
كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)
أَعْجَازُaʿjāzutrunks
نَخْلٍۢnakhlin(of) date-palms
مُّنقَعِرٍۢmunqaʿirinuprooted

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of ` Ad Allah states that ` Ad, the People of Hud, denied their Messenger, just as the people of Nuh did.So, Allah sent on them,عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحاً صَرْصَراً(against them a violently cold (Sarsar) wind), means, a bitterly cold and furious wind,فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ(on a day of calamity), against them, according to Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah and As-Suddi,مُّسْتَمِرٌّ(continuous), upon them because the calamity, torment and destruction that they suffered in this life on that day continued with that of...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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