now as for the thamud they were destroyed by a violent upheaval and as for the ad they were destroyed by a storm wind furiously raging which he willed against them for seven nights and eight days without cease so that in the end thou couldst see those people laid low as though they were so many trunks of hollow palm trees and dost thou now see any remnant of them?
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية فهل ترى لهم من باقية