Surah Al-Qamar — Verse 31

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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatanwahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathir

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

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.

We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks.

Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.

For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.

We sent upon them a single Cry, and they were like crushed leafs of a hedge-builder.

Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry), and they became like the stubble of a fold-builder.

Behold, We sent a single Blast against them, and they became like the trampled twigs of a sheep pen-builder.

Behold, We let loose upon them one single blast [of Our punishment], and they became like the dried-up, crumbling twigs of a sheepfold.

We sent against them a single blast, leaving them like trampled hedge-building twigs[13].

Notes

[13] The people of Thamūd were crushed like trampled and trodden twigs and pieces of bush lying around an enclosure for cattle.

(31) 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.

31. Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry), and they became like the stubble of a fold-builder.