The Holy Quran 69:7 — Surah Al-Haqqah

Arabic text

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

Translation

Allaah unleashed it upon them for seven consecutive nights and eight consecutive days. (If you were there after it passed,) You would have seen them (the Aad) lying flat on the ground as if they were hollow palm trunks.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The end of those who claimed strength: that is, the people who, girding their loins, entered the wrestling arena saying من اشد منا قوة (“Who is mightier than us in strength?”) could not withstand Our wind. And such hulking strongmen were thrown down by the blasts of the wind as if they were hollow, lifeless palm trunks whose tops had been cut off.

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