The sinners were seized by a blast from heaven, and lay overturned in their homes in the morning,
And the terrible scream seized the unjust – so at morning they remained lying flattened in their homes.
And the evildoers were seized by the Cry, and morning found them in their habitations fallen prostrate
And the blast [of God's punishment] overtook those who had been bent on evildoing: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground,
And the shout overtook those who had done wrong; so they lay in their dwellings crouching
And As-Saihah (torment - awful cry, etc.) overtook the wrong-doers, so they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes,
And the Scream struck those who transgressed, and they became motionless bodies in their homes.
And the Blast overtook those who were wont to do wrong, and then they lay lifeless in their homes
And As-Sayhah (awful cry) overtook the wrongdoers, so they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes.
And the (awful) Cry overtook those who did wrong, so that morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,
The Cry seized those who were wrongdoers, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes,
And the harmdoers were seized by the Shout (of the angel), and in the morning, they were found crouched in their dwellings, dead,
And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone
A blast struck the unjust and they were found lying motionless on their faces
And the rumbling overtook those who were unjust, so they became motionless bodies in their abodes,
Waakha<u>th</u>a alla<u>th</u>eena <i><u>th</u></i>alamoo a<b>l</b><u>ss</u>ay<u>h</u>atu faa<u>s</u>ba<u>h</u>oo fee diy<u>a</u>rihim j<u>a</u>thimeen<b>a</b>
The wrongdoers were overtaken by a dreadful blast and they lay dead in their homes,
The (mighty) Blast overtook the wrong-doers, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning,-
وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ
The great scream overtook the people of Thamūd, so that they perished from the strength of it; and in the morning, they lay face down upon the ground.
The great scream overtook the people of Thamūd, so that they perished from the strength of it; and in the morning, they lay face down upon the ground.
<p>According to Tafsir al-Qurtubi, these three days were Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, the punishment descended upon them: وَأَخَذَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ (And those who transgressed were caught by the Cry - 67). This awesome Cry was that of the archangel, Sayyidna Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) which was far more terrorizing that the combined thunderbolts of worldly lightening could ever be, something human senses could not take. All hearts were rent apart by the horrific sound resulting in the mass destruction of those people.</p><p>From this verse we learn that the people of Sayyidna Salih (علیہ السلام) were destroyed by a severe Sound, but what Surah al-A` raf says about them is: فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّ‌جْفَةُ (So, the earthquake seized them - 7:78, 91) which, as obvious, tells us that the punishment visiting them was that of the earthquake. Commentator al-Qurtubi has said that there is no contradiction here. It is possible that the earthquake came first and then they all were destroyed by the severe Sound. Allah knows best.</p>
According to Tafsir al-Qurtubi, these three days were Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, the punishment descended upon them: وَأَخَذَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ (And those who transgressed were caught by the Cry - 67). This awesome Cry was that of the archangel, Sayyidna Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) which was far more terrorizing that the combined thunderbolts of worldly lightening could ever be, something human senses could not take. All hearts were rent apart by the horrific sound resulting in the mass destruction of those people.From this verse we learn that the people of Sayyidna Salih (علیہ السلام) were destroyed by a severe Sound, but what Surah al-A` raf says about them is: فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّ‌جْفَةُ (So, the earthquake seized them - 7:78, 91) which, as obvious, tells us that the punishment visiting them was that of the earthquake. Commentator al-Qurtubi has said that there is no contradiction here. It is possible that the earthquake came first and then they all were destroyed by the severe Sound. Allah knows best.