Quran 29:37 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They rejected him and so the earthquake overtook them. When morning came, they were lying dead in their homes.
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ
fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhathumu l-rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But they cried lies to him; so the earthquake seized them, and morning found them in their habitation fallen prostrate.
- Muhammad Asad
- But they gave him the lie. Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground.
- Sahih International
- But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhu | But they denied him | كذب |
| 2 | فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumu | so seized them | أخذ |
| 3 | ٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatu | the earthquake | رجف |
| 4 | فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥū | and they became | صبح |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | دَارِهِمْdārihim | their home | دور |
| 7 | جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīna | fallen prone | جثم |