Surah Al-Qamar 54:31 — translation and meaning
القمر · Verse 31 / 55 · Page 530
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ
Word by Word
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed We
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalna
[We] sent
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
upon them
صَيْحَةً
sayhatan
thunderous blast
وَاحِدَةً
wahidatan
single
فَكَانُوا
fakanu
and they became
كَهَشِيمِ
kahashimi
like dry twig fragments
الْمُحْتَظِرِ
al-muh'taziri
(used by) a fence builder
Transliteration
Innaaa arsalnaa 'alaihim saihatanw waahidatan fakaano kahasheemil muhtazir
Translation
Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
I sent on them a single blast which destroyed them and they became like dry trees that are used by a person who makes a fence for his sheep.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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