إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ٣١
Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنَّآIndeed, Weinnā
- أَرۡسَلۡنَا[We] sentarsalnā
- عَلَيۡهِمۡupon themʿalayhim
- صَيۡحَةٗthunderous blastṣayḥatan
- وَٰحِدَةٗsinglewāḥidatan
- فَكَانُواْand they becamefakānū
- كَهَشِيمِlike dry twig fragmentskahashīmi
- ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ(used by) a fence builderl-muḥ'taẓiri
Tafsir
I sent on them a single blast which destroyed them and they became like dry trees that are used by a person who makes a fence for his sheep.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran