Surah Al-Qamar (القمر) • The Moon

Quran 54:31

54:31

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmi l-muḥ'taẓiri

Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

— Saheeh International

We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry), and they became like the stubble of a fold-builder.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 27Page 530meccan

Word by Word

إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā[We] sent
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
صَيْحَةًۭṣayḥatanthunderous blast
وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatansingle
فَكَانُوا۟fakānūand they became
كَهَشِيمِkahashīmilike dry twig fragments
ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِl-muḥ'taẓiri(used by) a fence builder