Surah Al-'Ankabut — Verse 37

The Spider · 29:37 · 37/69

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ

Fakaththaboohu faakhathat-humuarrajfatu faasbahoo fee darihim jathimeen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

They rejected him and so the earthquake overtook them. When morning came, they were lying dead in their homes.

Marmaduke Pickthall

But they denied him, and the dreadful earthquake took them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling place.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But they rejected him: Then the mighty Blast seized them, and they lay prostrate in their homes by the morning.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So they gave the lie to him, then they were seized by the earthquake and they remained in their homes lying on their faces.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And they belied him [Shu‘aib]: so the earthquake seized them, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their dwellings.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

But they denounced him as a liar. So a mighty earthquake overtook them, and by the morning they lay overturned in their houses.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

But they gave him the lie. Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground.