Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And the Blast seized them at sunrise.

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِق۪ينَۙ
Faakhathat-humu assayhatumushriqeen
#wordmeaningroot
1fa-akhadhathumuSo, seized themاخذ
2l-ṣayḥatuthe awful cryصيح
3mush'riqīnaat sunriseشرق
  • Aisha Bewley

    So the Great Blast seized hold of them at the break of day.

  • Progressive Muslims

    So the scream took them at sunrise.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    The blast (of Our Requital) overtook them at the time of sunrise.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And the Blast seized them at sunrise.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    So the scream took them at sunrise.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    So the scream took them at sunrise.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Consequently, the disaster struck them in the morning.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    So they were seized by the mighty blast at break of day;

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And thereupon the blast overtook them at the time of sunrise,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Then the mighty Blast caught them at sunrise,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And there it was: a single cry* from heaven's realm stirred up a merciless blast which overtook them by sun- rise.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    So they were subjected to a sever blast early in the morning.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    So As-Saihah (torment - awful cry) overtook them at the time of sunrise.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    So the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them at sunrise.

  • Taqi Usmani

    So, they were seized by the Cry at sunrise.

  • Abdul Haleem

    and the blast overtook them at sunrise:

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and the Cry seized them at the sunrise,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And the noise caught them at the dawn.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And the mighty blast caught them at dawn.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Then the Shout took them (away) at sunshine.

  • George Sale

    Wherefore a terrible storm from heaven assailed them at sun-rise:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    But the Blast (an explosion) overtook them (the Lut people) before morning,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Then a dreadful punishment overtook these (opponents of Lot) at sunrise.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    So the Cry seized them at sunrise,