سورة القمر، الآية ١٨
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ ١٨
kadhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wanudhuri
ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
Verse 18 of Surah Al-Qamar (54:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 529 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
80 recitations by 74 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
Ad denied their prophet, Hud (peace be upon him). So reflect- O people of Makkah - how was my punishment to them? And how was my warning to others about their punishment?
‘Ād disbelieved. Then how were My punishment and My warnings?
‘Âd (people) belied (their Prophet, Hûd); then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?
(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?
Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!
Aad cried lies. How then were My torment and My warnings?
كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَٰرَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ
[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا
So, [O Muḥammad], We have only made it [i.e., the Qur’ān] easy in your tongue [i.e., the Arabic language] that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
