Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Surah Al-Qamar
Surah 54 · Al-Qamar · verse 20 of 55

Quran 54:20 · Al-Qamar

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ

Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted

Translation: Sahih International
Maulana’s commentary · Tazkirul Quran

The people of ‘Ad merited divine retribution, so God unleashed a hurricane which made it difficult for them to remain upright. The winds lifted them and tossed them about violently and waves dashed them against the trees. Others were crushed when their roofs fell down on their heads. All this was a demonstration of the fact that man was absolutely helpless, and that he had no power or authority of any sort before God.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Tazkirul Quran

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