Then they were seized by an earthquake, and lay overturned on the ground in their homes in the morning.
Therefore the earthquake seized them – so at morning they remained lying flattened in their homes.
So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them in their habitation fallen prostrate,
Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground -
Whereupon an earthquake laid hold of them: so that they lay prone in their dwelling.
So the earthquake seized them and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes.
Thereupon, the quake struck them; and they became lifeless bodies in their homes.
Thereupon a shocking catastrophe seized them, and they remained prostrate in their dwellings.
So the earthquake seized them and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes.
So the earthquake seized them and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place.
So the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes.
So the earthquake seized them, at the morning they were crouched in their dwellings, dead.
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
Suddenly, an earthquake struck them and left them motionless in their homes.
Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode.
Faakha<u>th</u>athumu a<b>l</b>rrajfatu faa<u>s</u>ba<u>h</u>oo fee d<u>a</u>rihim j<u>a</u>thimeen<b>a</b>
Thereupon an earthquake overtook them and morning found them lying flattened in their homes;
But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning!
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ
So a great earthquake took them; and in the morning they were dead in their homes, fallen on their knees and faces.
So a great earthquake took them; and in the morning they were dead in their homes, fallen on their knees and faces.
<p>The punishment of the people of Sayyidna Shu'aib (علیہ السلام) has been identified as earthquake (Rajfah, Zalzalah) while in other verses it appears as: فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ (26:189) which means that they were seized by the punishment of Yowm az-Zullah. Yowm az-Zullah means day of the shade. It refers to what happened to them when to come on them first was the shade of a deep and thick cloud under which they all assembled. Then, from this very cloud, stones or fire was rained down.</p><p>To accommodate and reconcile the sense of the two verses given above, Sayyidna ` Abdullah ibn ` Abbas ؓ has said: First of all, the people of Sayyidna Shu'aib (علیہ السلام) were subjected to such intense heat, as if the door of Hell has been thrown open towards them. This made them suffocate. Shade or water, nothing seemed to work. Driven by heat, they went into basements. They were more hot. With no choice left, they ran from the city into the nearby forest. There, Allah Ta` ala sent a thick cloud with cool breeze passing underneath. Out of their senses under the impact of heat, they all rushed for refuge under the shade of that cloud. At that time, the whole cloud became a cloud of fire raining on them and also came the earthquake which turned them to ashes. In this manner, the punishments of the earthquake and the shade had simultaneously converged on these people. (Al-Bahr Al Muhit)</p><p>Some commentators have said that it is also possible that the people of Sayyidna Shu'aib (علیہ السلام) were split in different groups or sections where some were hit by the earthquake while others were destroyed by the punishment of the shade.</p>
The punishment of the people of Sayyidna Shu'aib (علیہ السلام) has been identified as earthquake (Rajfah, Zalzalah) while in other verses it appears as: فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ (26:189) which means that they were seized by the punishment of Yowm az-Zullah. Yowm az-Zullah means day of the shade. It refers to what happened to them when to come on them first was the shade of a deep and thick cloud under which they all assembled. Then, from this very cloud, stones or fire was rained down.To accommodate and reconcile the sense of the two verses given above, Sayyidna ` Abdullah ibn ` Abbas ؓ has said: First of all, the people of Sayyidna Shu'aib (علیہ السلام) were subjected to such intense heat, as if the door of Hell has been thrown open towards them. This made them suffocate. Shade or water, nothing seemed to work. Driven by heat, they went into basements. They were more hot. With no choice left, they ran from the city into the nearby forest. There, Allah Ta` ala sent a thick cloud with cool breeze passing underneath. Out of their senses under the impact of heat, they all rushed for refuge under the shade of that cloud. At that time, the whole cloud became a cloud of fire raining on them and also came the earthquake which turned them to ashes. In this manner, the punishments of the earthquake and the shade had simultaneously converged on these people. (Al-Bahr Al Muhit)Some commentators have said that it is also possible that the people of Sayyidna Shu'aib (علیہ السلام) were split in different groups or sections where some were hit by the earthquake while others were destroyed by the punishment of the shade.