Surah Al-Haqqah, Ayah 6 (69:6)

ٱلْحَاقَّة

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

Quran 69:6 is ayah 6 of Surah Al-Haqqah (“The Reality”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 566 of the Madani Mushaf.

69:6
وَأَمَّاعَادٌفَأُهْلِكُوا۟بِرِيحٍصَرْصَرٍعَاتِيَةٍ٦
wa-ammā ʿādun fa-uh'likū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyatin

And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind(6)

Word by word

  1. وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for
  2. عَادٌʿādunAad
  3. فَأُهْلِكُوا۟fa-uh'likūthey were destroyed
  4. بِرِيحٍbirīḥinby a wind
  5. صَرْصَرٍṣarṣarinscreaming
  6. عَاتِيَةٍʿātiyatinviolent

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