Thamud and Aad
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ ٤ فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥ وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ ٦ سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ ٧ فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ ٨
Thamud, the people of Salih, and Aad, the people of Hud, denied the Day. Thamud were destroyed by a terrible blast, and Aad by a cold, violent wind that Allah sent on them for seven nights and eight days in a row, until they lay like hollow fallen palm trunks. Do you see any of them left?
Meaning from Tafsir Al-Muyassar, simplified for children. Reviewed by Sherif Alkady, 17 October 2026.
- بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
- the Day that strikes hearts with its terror
- بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
- the overwhelming blast
- صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ
- icy and violent
- سَخَّرَهَا
- He set it upon them
- حُسُومًۭا
- one after another without a break
- صَرْعَىٰ
- fallen dead
- أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ
- palm-tree trunks
- خَاوِيَةٍۢ
- hollow and rotten
Aad's strength did not help them when they denied. What truly helps us with Allah?