تَنْزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ ٢٠
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).
54:21
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٢١
Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
54:22
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ ٢٢
But We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
54:23
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ ٢٣
The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
54:24
فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِنَّا وَاحِدًا نَتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤
For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!