Quran 54:20 — Al-Qamar, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
it swept people away like uprooted palm trunks.
تَنْزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ
tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿirin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- plucking up men as if they were stumps of uprooted palm-trees.
- Muhammad Asad
- it swept the people away as though they were palm-trunks uprooted:
- Sahih International
- Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | تَنزِعُtanziʿu | Plucking out | نزع |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | men | نوس |
| 3 | كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahum | as if they (were) | — |
| 4 | أَعْجَازُaʿjāzu | trunks | عجز |
| 5 | نَخْلٍۢnakhlin | (of) date-palms | نخل |
| 6 | مُّنقَعِرٍۢmunqaʿirin | uprooted | قعر |