Surah Hud 11:67 — translation and meaning

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وَأَخَذَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دِيَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ

Word by Word

وَأَخَذَ
wa-akhadha
And seized
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
ظَلَمُوا
zalamu
wronged
الصَّيْحَةُ
al-sayhatu
the thunderous blast
فَأَصْبَحُوا
fa-asbahu
then they became
فِي
fi
in
دِيَارِهِمْ
diyarihim
their homes
جَاثِمِينَ
jathimina
fallen prone

Transliteration

Wa akhazal lazeena zalamus saihatu fa asbahoo fee diyaarihim jaasimeena

Translation

And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The great scream overtook the people of Thamūd, so that they perished from the strength of it; and in the morning, they lay face down upon the ground.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became wit…" — Hud 11:67