and as for ad they were destroyed by a furious violent wind which allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession so that you could see men lying overthrown as if they were hollow trunks of datepalms!
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية