Surah Al-Qamar, ayah 31
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ
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.
Al-Qamar · 54:31
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
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