Quran 7:78 — Al-A'raaf, verse 78
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
An earthquake seized them: by the next morning they were lying dead in their homes.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ
fa-akhadhathumu l-rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them in their habitation fallen prostrate.
- Muhammad Asad
- Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground.
- Sahih International
- So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumu | So seized them | أخذ |
| 2 | ٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatu | the earthquake | رجف |
| 3 | فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥū | then they became | صبح |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | دَارِهِمْdārihim | their homes | دور |
| 6 | جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīna | fallen prone | جثم |