Surah Al-A'raf 7:78 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 78 / 206 · Page 160
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ
Word by Word
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
fa-akhadhathumu
So seized them
الرَّجْفَةُ
al-rajfatu
the earthquake
فَأَصْبَحُوا
fa-asbahu
then they became
فِي
fi
in
دَارِهِمْ
darihim
their homes
جَاثِمِينَ
jathimina
fallen prone
Transliteration
Fa akhazat humur rajftu fa asbahoo fee daarihim jaasimmeen
Translation
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
When the punishment the disbelievers had asked for arrived, and they were taken by a great earthquake, so that in the morning they lay fallen, their faces and knees on the earth, none of them escaping from the destruction.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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