Surah Al-Haqqah, Ayah 7 (69:7)

ٱلْحَاقَّة

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ …

Quran 69:7 is ayah 7 of Surah Al-Haqqah (“The Reality”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 566 of the Madani Mushaf.

69:7
سَخَّرَهَاعَلَيْهِمْسَبْعَلَيَالٍوَثَمَٰنِيَةَأَيَّامٍحُسُومًافَتَرَىٱلْقَوْمَفِيهَاصَرْعَىٰكَأَنَّهُمْأَعْجَازُنَخْلٍخَاوِيَةٍ٧
sakharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyatin

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.(7)

Word by word

  1. سَخَّرَهَاsakharahāWhich He imposed
  2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
  3. سَبْعَsabʿa(for) seven
  4. لَيَالٍlayālinnights
  5. وَثَمَٰنِيَةَwathamāniyataand eight
  6. أَيَّامٍayyāmindays
  7. حُسُومًاḥusūman(in) succession
  8. فَتَرَىfatarāso you would see
  9. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
  10. فِيهَاfīhātherein
  11. صَرْعَىٰṣarʿāfallen
  12. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they were
  13. أَعْجَازُaʿjāzutrunks
  14. نَخْلٍnakhlin(of) date-palms
  15. خَاوِيَةٍkhāwiyatinhollow

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