The Holy Quran 54:20 — Surah Al-Qamar

Arabic text

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

Translation

It plucked up the people (and left them lying dead on the ground) as if they were uprooted palm trunks.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The people of Ad were very powerful and tall, but the gale would lift them up and dash them to the ground as though the trunk of a date palm had been torn up by the roots and flung upon the earth.

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