Surah Al-Qamar, Ayah 31 (54:31)

ٱلْقَمَر

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ

Quran 54:31 is ayah 31 of Surah Al-Qamar (“The Moon”), a Meccan surah of 55 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 530 of the Madani Mushaf.

54:31
إِنَّآأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمْصَيْحَةًوَٰحِدَةًفَكَانُوا۟كَهَشِيمِٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ٣١
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.(31)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
  2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā[We] sent
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
  4. صَيْحَةًṣayḥatanthunderous blast
  5. وَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatansingle
  6. فَكَانُوا۟fakānūand they became
  7. كَهَشِيمِkahashīmilike dry twig fragments
  8. ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِl-muḥ'taẓiri(used by) a fence builder

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