Tafseer of The Reality · Al-Haaqqa · 69:4
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
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His statement: كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ ("Thamūd and ʿĀd denied the Striking Calamity (al-qāriʿah)"). He, exalted be His mention, says: Thamūd, the people of Ṣāliḥ, and ʿĀd, the people of Hūd, denied the Hour, which by its onslaught upon them strikes the hearts of the servants. The Striking Calamity (al-qāriʿah) is also one of the names of the Resurrection.
And in accordance with what we have said about this, the scholars of exegesis spoke.
* Mention of who said that:
Bishr related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning His statement: كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ — that is, the Hour.
Muḥammad ibn Saʿd related to me, saying: my father related to me, saying: my uncle related to me, saying: my father related to me, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, concerning His statement: كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ , he said: the Striking Calamity (al-qāriʿah) is the Day of Resurrection.
