تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ ٢٠
Extracting the people1 as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 From their hiding places.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- تَنزِعُPlucking outtanziʿu
- ٱلنَّاسَmenl-nāsa
- كَأَنَّهُمۡas if they (were)ka-annahum
- أَعۡجَازُtrunksaʿjāzu
- نَخۡلٖ(of) date-palmsnakhlin
- مُّنقَعِرٖuprootedmunqaʿirin
Tafsir
It picked up people from the ground and threw them on their heads as if they were the trunks of date-palms uprooted from their plantations.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran