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Verse 13of 54

فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا۟ فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ صَٰعِقَةًۭ مِّثْلَ صَٰعِقَةِ عَادٍۢ وَثَمُودَ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] 'Aad and Thamud.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنْfa-inBut if
أَعْرَضُوا۟aʿraḍūthey turn away
فَقُلْfaqulthen say
أَنذَرْتُكُمْandhartukumI have warned you
صَـٰعِقَةًۭṣāʿiqatan(of) a thunderbolt
مِّثْلَmith'lalike
صَـٰعِقَةِṣāʿiqati(the) thunderbolt
عَادٍۢʿādin(of) Aad
وَثَمُودَwathamūdaand Thamud

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

A Warning to the Disbelievers and a Reminder of the Story of `Ad and ThamudAllah says: `Say, O Muhammad, to these idolators who disbelieve in the message of truth that you have brought: If you turn away from that which I have brought to you from Allah, then I warn you of the punishment of Allah like the punishment that the past nations suffered for disbelieving in the Messengers.'صَـعِقَةً مِّثْلَ صَـعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ(a Sa`iqah like the Sa`iqah which overtook `Ad and Thamud.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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