The Wind-Curved Sandhills
46. Al-'Aḥqāf
الأحقاف
al-Aḥqāf (Ahqaf)
ٱلْأَحْقَاف
46:24
فَلَمَّا
رَأَوْهُ
عَارِضًا
مُّسْتَقْبِلَ
أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ
قَالُوا
هَذَا
عَارِضٌ
مُّمْطِرُنَا
بَلْ
هُوَ
مَا
اسْتَعْجَلْتُم
بِهِ
رِيحٌ
فِيهَا
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٌ
fa-lammā raʾawhu ʿāriḍan mustaqbila ʾawdiyatihim qālū hādhā ʿāriḍun mumṭirunā bal huwa mā staʿjaltum bihī rīhun fīhā ʿadhābun ʾalīmun
When they saw the torment as a cloud proceeding to their valleys, they said, "This cloud will bring us rain." He said, "No, it is the torment which you wanted to suffer immediately. It is a wind bearing and painful torment.
