Sura al-Qamar 54:18

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

kadhdhabat ʿādun fa-kayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa-nudhuri

The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?

Sura al-Qamar 54:19

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsin mustamirrin

For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,

Sura al-Qamar 54:20

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿirin

Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).

Sura al-Qamar 54:21

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

fa-kayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa-nudhuri

Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

Sura al-Qamar 54:22

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

wa-la-qad yassarnā l-qurʾāna lil-dhikri fa-hal min muddakirin

But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

Sura al-Qamar 54:23

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

kadhdhabat thamūdu bil-nudhuri

The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

Sura al-Qamar 54:24

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

fa-qālū a-basharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan la-fī ḍalālin wa-suʿurin

For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!