Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Haqqah Verse 5

Mufti Taqi Usmani

As for Thamūd, they were destroyed by that (dreadful cry), which exceeded all limits.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.

Ruwwad Translation Center

As for Thamūd, they were destroyed by a dreadful blast.

A. J. Arberry

As for Thamood, they were destroyed by the Screamer;

Abdul Haleem

Thamud was destroyed by a deafening blast;

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the outburst.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!

Abul Ala Maududi

Then the Thamud were destroyed by an awesome upheaval;

Ahmed Ali

So destroyed were the Thamud by a storm of thunder and lightning;

Ahmed Raza Khan

So regarding the Thamud, they were destroyed by a terrible scream.

Ali Quli Qarai

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the Cry.

Ali Ünal

Now as for the (tribe of) Thamud – they were destroyed by the overwhelming (catastrophe).

Amatul Rahman Omar

As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by (the shock of) an exceedingly violent and thunderous blast.

English Literal

So but (for) Thamud , so they were made to die/destroyed with a wind blowing/frosty (and) violent .

Faridul Haque

So regarding the Thamud, they were destroyed by a terrible scream.

Hamid S. Aziz

But the Thamud, they were destroyed by the Storm of thunder and lightening.

Hilali & Khan

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days continuously, so that thou mightest have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were trunks of hollow palm-trees.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

Muhammad Sarwar

The Thamuds were destroyed by a violent blast of sound.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Thamood, they were destroyed by the violent shout (of Gabriel),

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the Taghiyah!

Wahiduddin Khan

the Thamud were destroyed by a terrible storm of thunder and lightning;

Talal Itani

As for Thamood, they were annihilated by the Overwhelming.

Tafsir jalalayn

As for Thamd, they were destroyed by the [overwhelming] Roar, an excessively severe cry.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Thamud denied through their transgression.

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the Taghiyah!

It is the cry which will silence them, and the quake that will silence them.

Qatadah said similar to this when he said, "At-Taghiyah is the shout."

Mujahid said, "At-Taghiyah means the sins."

This was also said by Ar-Rabi` bin Anas and bin Zayd.

They said that it means transgression.

After mentioning this, Ibn Zayd recited the following Ayat as proof for his statement,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
(Thamud denied through their transgression).

Then Allah says