The Quran

سورة القَمَر

Surah Al-Qamar 54:31

The Moon · Verse 31 of 55

إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And We let loose a single and sudden blast against them and they became crushed like dry twigs whittled down by an enclosure-maker.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.

Ahmed Ali

We sent a single blast against them, and they were reduced to husks of a decayed fence.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

We sent upon them a single Blast, and they became like dried chippings of shrubs used as cattle-fodder.

Daryabadi

Verily We We sent upon them one shout, and they became as the stubble of a fold-builder.

Faridul Haque

Indeed We sent upon them a single Scream – thereupon they became like the barrier builder’s residual dry trampled hay.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees, which the maker of an enclosure collects.

Maulvi Sher Ali

WE sent against them a single blast, and they became like the dry stubble, whittled down by a maker of hedges.

Muhammad Asad

Behold, We let loose upon them one single blast [of Our punishment], and they became like the dried-up, crumbling twigs of a sheepfold.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry, etc.), and they became like the dry stubble of a fold-builder.

Muhammad Pickthall

Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.

Muhammad Sarwar

We sent upon them a single blast of sound and they were left like hay to be used by the cattle.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.

Rashad Khalifa

We sent upon them one blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay.

Shabbir Ahmed

We sent upon them a single mighty blast whereupon they crumbled like chaff.