54:30
QURANHIVE

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

“So, how were My punishment and warnings”.

Insight: occurrences of the question in Surah 54

  1. After the mentioning of the punishment of the people of Nuh (as).

  2. After the mention of the denial of ‘Aad but before the punishment and then again after the punishment.

  3. Here it is directly after the mention of their crime but before the punishment.

Relative placement around punishment

Occurrence 1

After Nuh’s people were punished

Before After
Occurrence 2

Around ‘Aad’s denial

Before After
54:30 (Here)

After their crime, before punishment

Before After

Notable point

Here it is directly after the mention of their crime but before the punishment.

Ayah 30