إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- 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.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நிச்சயமாக நாம் அவர்கள் மீது ஒரு பெரும் சப்தத்தை அனுப்பினோம் - அதனால் அவர்கள் காய்ந்து மிதிபட்ட வேலி(யின் கூளம்) போல் ஆகிவிட்டனர்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නියත වශයෙන් ම අපි ඔවුන් වෙත එක් ගිගුරුම් හඬක් එව්වෙමු. එවිට ඔවුහු සත්ව ගාලක පෑගුණු පිදුරු මෙන් වූහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ہم نے ان پر ایک چیﺦ بھیجی پس ایسے ہو گئے جیسے باڑ بنانے والے کی روندی ہوئی گھاس.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 本当にわれは，かれらに向っかて（耳をつんざく）一声を下すと，かれらは家畜の囲いに使われる枯れ株のようになった。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我确已使一种爆炸去毁灭他们，他们就变成造圈栏者所用的枯木。
Tafsir of 54:31
The Story of Thamud Allah states here that the people of Thamud denied their Messenger Salih, فَقَالُواْ أَبَشَراً مِّنَّا وَحِداً نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّآ إِذاً لَّفِى ضَلَلٍ وَسُعُرٍ (And they said: "A man, alone among us -- shall we follow him Truly, then we should be in error and distress!") They said, `We would have earned failure and loss if we all submitted to a man from among us.' They were amazed that the Reminder was sent to him alone among them, and therefore, accused him of being a liar, بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ (Nay, he is an insolent liar!), means, he has tresspassed the limits in his lies. Allah the Exalted responded, سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَداً مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الاٌّشِرُ (Tomorrow they will come to know who is the liar, the insolent one!), thus warning and threatening them and delivering a sure promise to them, إِنَّا مُرْسِلُواْ النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ (Verily, We are sending the she-camel as a test for them.) To test and try the people of Thamud, Allah sent to them a superb, pregnant female camel that emerged from solid rock, according to their request, so that it would become a proof against them from Allah, the Exalted.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
