Meccan·Surah 89

الفجر

Surah Al-Fajr — Ayah 6

The Dawn

30 Ayahs·Verse 89:6
89:6

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

Context in Surah Al-Fajr

Nearby ayahs help place verse 89:6 in sequence and meaning.

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?