The Holy Quran 15:73 — Surah Al-Hijr

Arabic text

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

Translation

So (Allaah's punishment finally came to them when) a scream seized them at sunrise (Jibra'eel عليه الصلاة والسلام gave a piercing scream that caused them to die with fear).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

we have spoken about this just recently, in the note on دَابِرَ هٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوْعٌ مُّصْبِحِيْنَ (“the roots of these people shall be severed by the morning”). Ibn Jurayj said that every punishment by which a nation is destroyed is called “sayhah” (the blast) and “sa'iqah” (the thunderbolt).

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