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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 78of 206

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ﴿٧٨

Translation (Sahih International)

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Word-by-word meaning

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuSo seized them
ٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquake
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they became
فِىin
دَارِهِمْdārihimtheir homes
جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Thamud: Their Land and Their LineageScholars of Tafsir and genealogy say that (the tribe of Thamud descended from) Thamud bin `Athir bin Iram bin Sam bin Nuh, and he is brother of Jadis son of `Athir, similarly the tribe of Tasm, and they were from the ancient Arabs, Al-`Aribah, before the time of Ibrahim, Thamud came after `Ad. They dwelled between the area of the Hijaz (Western Arabia) and Ash-Sham (Greater Syria).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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