The Quran

سورة الحِجر

Surah Al-Hijr 15:83

The Rock · Verse 83 of 99

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

But the dreadful punishment overtook them in the morning.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,

Ahmed Ali

But they were seized by the mighty blast towards the morning;

12 more translations

Ali Unal

But the awful blast seized them in the morning.

Daryabadi

Then the shout took hold of them in the early morn.

Faridul Haque

So the scream overcame them at morning.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So the cry overtook them in the morning;

Maulvi Sher Ali

But the punishment seized them in the morning,

Muhammad Asad

and so the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them at early morn,

Muhammad Musin Khan

But As-Saihah (torment - awful cry etc.) overtook them in the early morning (of the fourth day of their promised punishment days).

Muhammad Pickthall

But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,

Muhammad Sarwar

An explosion struck them in the morning.

Muhammed ali Shakir

So the rumbling overtook them in the morning;

Rashad Khalifa

The disaster hit them in the morning.

Shabbir Ahmed

And so the blast (of requital) overtook them early in the morning.

Commentary 15:83 Sayhah الصَّيْحَةُ is a dreadful punishment. It also means a loud noise. The people of Hijr were the dwellers of mountains, and their punishment was most…

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

15:83 Sayhah الصَّيْحَةُ is a dreadful punishment. It also means a loud noise. The people of Hijr were the dwellers of mountains, and their punishment was most probably in the form of an earthquake. When a strong earthquake shakes mountains, it is associated with enormous noise.