وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دِيَٰرِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٦٧
And the shriek1 seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 A piercing cry or blast from the sky.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَأَخَذَAnd seizedwa-akhadha
- ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
- ظَلَمُواْwrongedẓalamū
- ٱلصَّيۡحَةُthe thunderous blastl-ṣayḥatu
- فَأَصۡبَحُواْthen they becamefa-aṣbaḥū
- فِيinfī
- دِيَٰرِهِمۡtheir homesdiyārihim
- جَٰثِمِينَfallen pronejāthimīna
Tafsir
The great scream overtook the people of Thamūd, so that they perished from the strength of it; and in the morning, they lay face down upon the ground.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran