Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 78 (7:78)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

Quran 7:78 is ayah 78 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 160 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:78
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُٱلرَّجْفَةُفَأَصْبَحُوا۟فِىدَارِهِمْجَٰثِمِينَ٧٨
fa-akhadhathumu l-rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.(78)

Word by word

  1. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuSo seized them
  2. ٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquake
  3. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they became
  4. فِىfīin
  5. دَارِهِمْdārihimtheir homes
  6. جَٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone

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