Al-Haqqah 69:5
The Reality · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 566
The Overpowering Blast
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering blast.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “taghiyah” as an event exceeding all bounds, or transgression; the “sayhah”, the terrible shout mentioned in Hud and other surahs, explains it.
Reflect
Give up a behaviour of yours that oversteps limits.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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