فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٩١
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
- فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُThen seized themfa-akhadhathumu
- ٱلرَّجۡفَةُthe earthquakel-rajfatu
- فَأَصۡبَحُواْthen they becamefa-aṣbaḥū
- فِيinfī
- دَارِهِمۡtheir home(s)dārihim
- جَٰثِمِينَfallen pronejāthimīna
Tafsir
So a great earthquake took them; and in the morning they were dead in their homes, fallen on their knees and faces.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran