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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 91of 206

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ﴿٩١

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuThen seized them
ٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquake
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they became
فِىin
دَارِهِمْdārihimtheir home(s)
جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذاً لَّخَـسِرُونَ("If you follow Shu`ayb, be sure then you will be the losers!") Allah answered them, فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمْ جَـثِمِينَ (So the earthquake seized them and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes) Allah said that the earthquake shook them, as punishment for threatening to expel Shu`ayb and his followers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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