Surah Al-Haqqah, ayah 7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Which He [i.e., Allāh] 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.
Al-Haqqah · 69:7
Word by word
- 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
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