Surah Ash-Shams — Verse 14

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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqaroohafadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

but they called him a liar and hamstrung her. Their Lord destroyed them for their crime and levelled them.

Marmaduke Pickthall

But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!

Mufti Taqi Usmani

But they rejected him and killed her, so their Lord sent eradicating torment upon them because of their sin, and made it equal for all.

Al-Hilali & Khan

Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground.