فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٣٧
But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَكَذَّبُوهُBut they denied himfakadhabūhu
- فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُso seized themfa-akhadhathumu
- ٱلرَّجۡفَةُthe earthquakel-rajfatu
- فَأَصۡبَحُواْand they becamefa-aṣbaḥū
- فِيinfī
- دَارِهِمۡtheir homedārihim
- جَٰثِمِينَfallen pronejāthimīna
Tafsir
His people rejected him and so the earthquake struck them. When morning came, they were laying dead in their homes, and they were motionless.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran