The Quran

سورة الاٴعرَاف

Surah Al-A‘râf 7:78

The Elevated Places · Verse 78 of 206

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

So the earthquake seized them and the morning found them lying prostrate on the ground in their habitations.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!

Ahmed Ali

Then they were seized by an earthquake, and lay overturned on the ground in their homes in the morning.

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Ali Unal

Then a shocking catastrophe seized them, so that they lay prostrate and lifeless in their very dwellings.

Daryabadi

Whereupon an earthquake seized them, so that they lay prone in their dwellings.

Faridul Haque

Therefore the earthquake seized them, so at morning they remained lying flattened in their homes.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So the earthquake seized them, and they were motionless bodies in their abodes.

Maulvi Sher Ali

So the earthquake seized them and in their homes they lay prostrate upon the ground.

Muhammad Asad

Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground.

Muhammad Musin Khan

So the earthquake seized them, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes.

Muhammad Pickthall

So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place.

Muhammad Sarwar

Suddenly, an earthquake jolted them and they were left motionless in their homes.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode.

Rashad Khalifa

Consequently, the quake annihilated them, leaving them dead in their homes.

Shabbir Ahmed

(In their life of luxury, like other strong nations, they felt invincible.) The destruction came from under their feet. A powerful earthquake annihilated them, leaving them lifeless in their homes.