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تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ
Transliteration:
TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin
Word by Word:
Plucking out men as if they (were) trunks (of) date-palms uprooted.
Translations:
it swept the people away as though they were palm-trunks uprooted:
Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).
Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.
How terrible was then My chastisement and My warning!
Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.