The Quran

سورة الشّمس

Surah Al-Shams 91:14

The Sun · Verse 14 of 15

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

Abdul Mannan Omar

But they belied (and disobeyed) him and hamstrung her. Then their Lord destroyed them completely for their sin, so much so that He leveled them (all to the ground).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!

Ahmed Ali

But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike.

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Ali Unal

But they denied him and slaughtered her, and so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them (with the ground);

Daryabadi

Then they belied him, and they hamstrung her; wherefore their Lord overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it equal.

Faridul Haque

In response they belied him, and hamstrung the she camel - so Allah put ruin over them because of their sins and flattened their dwellings.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But they called him a liar and slaughtered her. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground);

Maulvi Sher Ali

But they called him a liar and hamstrung her, so their Lord destroyed them completely because of their sin, and made destruction overtake all of them alike.

Muhammad Asad

But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike:

Muhammad Musin Khan

Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!

Muhammad Pickthall

But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).

Muhammad Sarwar

However, they rejected him and slew her. So their Lord completely destroyed them and their city for their sins.

Muhammed ali Shakir

But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).

Rashad Khalifa

They disbelieved him and slaughtered her. Their Lord then requited them for their sin and annihilated them.

Shabbir Ahmed

But they denied him and they killed her. So, their Lord destroyed them all alike for their lagging behind in humanity.