Quran 7:78 Word by Word & Translations

7:78 Word by Word (2021)

So seized them the earthquake, then they became in their homes fallen prone.


7:78 Arabic

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

7:78 Transliteration

Faakhathat-humu alrrajfatu faasbahoo fee darihim jathimeena
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The earthquake took them, thus they became lifeless in their home.
Abdel Haleem
An earthquake seized them: by the next morning they were lying dead in their homes
Abdul Hye
So the earthquake took them in the morning in their homes lying (dead) on their faces.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Whereupon an earthquake seized them, so that they lay prone in their dwellings
Ahmed Ali
Then they were seized by an earthquake, and lay overturned on the ground in their homes in the morning
Ahmed Hulusi
A harsh earthquake seized them... They collapsed in their homes and died!
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then the earthquake took them so in the morning they lay prostrate in their homes.
Aisha Bewley
So the earthquake seized them and morning found them lying flattened in their homes.
Ali Ünal
Then a shocking catastrophe seized them, so that they lay prostrate and lifeless in their very dwellings
Ali Quli Qara'i
So the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes
Amatul Rahman Omar
So the earthquake seized them and the morning found them lying prostrate on the ground in their habitations
Arthur John Arberry
So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them in their habitation fallen prostrate
Bakhtiari Nejad
So, the earthquake took them, and they became motionless bodies (and died) in their houses.
Bijan Moeinian
Eventually they were killed by a sudden catastrophe, while resting at home
Bilal Muhammad 2018
So the earthquake took them unaware, and they lay prostrate in their homes
Corpus.Quran
So seized them the earthquake then they became in their homes fallen prone
Dr. Kamal Omar
So the earthquake seized them and they faced the morning in their houses as those who are lying dead (on the ground)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
So the quaking of the earth took them. And it came to be in the morning they were in their abodes ones who are fallen prostrate.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So (the torment of) a high-scale earthquake seized them, and, in the morning, they lay (dead) in their homes with faces down upon the ground
Dr. Munir Munshey
Consequently, an earthquake seized them. The next morning found them lifeless in their homes, lying face down (in dirt)
Edward Henry Palmer
Then the earthquake took them, and in the morning they lay prone in their dwellings
Faridul Haque
Therefore the earthquake seized them, so at morning they remained lying flattened in their homes
Fode Drame
So the quake seized them and they laid lifeless by morning in their homes.
George Sale
Whereupon a terrible noise from heaven assailed them; and in the morning they were found in their dwellings prostrate on their breasts and dead
Hamid S. Aziz
Then the earthquake seized them, and in the morning they lay prone in their dwellings
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Thereupon the earthquake seized them, at morning in their dwellings they were crouched, dead
Hilali - Khan
So the earthquake seized them, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes
Irving/Hegab
A tremor caught them; so one morning they lay cowering in their home.
John Medows Rodwell
Then the earthquake surprised them; and in the morning they were found dead on their faces in their dwellings
Linda "iLham" Barto
An earthquake took them before they knew what was happening, and they were left flattened in their homes.
Maududi
Thereupon a shocking catastrophe seized them, so that they lay prostrate in their dwellings
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So the earthquake seized them, and they were motionless bodies in their abodes
Mir Aneesuddin
So the earthquake took hold of them, thus they became motionless in their houses.
Mohammad Shafi
Then the earthquake shook them, and they lay prostrate in their houses
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
So the tremble and shake/quake punished/took them, so they became/became in the morning in their home/country/place stuck to the ground (dead)
Muhammad Asad
Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Then the Commotion took them (away), and so (in the morning) they became cowering (bodies) in their residence
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place
Muhammad Sarwar
Suddenly, an earthquake jolted them and they were left motionless in their homes
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, the earthquake seized them, and they were (found dead) in their homes, fallen on their faces
Munir Mezyed
Consequently, the earthquake seized them. Thus, they became motionless bodies at their homes.
MunirMezyed2023
So the earthquake seized them, and they were rendered lifeless in their homes.
Musharraf Hussain
An Earthquake seized them so violently that they ended up lying face down in their homes
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Then an ˹overwhelming˺ earthquake struck them, and they fell lifeless in their homes.
Mustaqim
So the earthquake overtook them and they were found face down in their houses in the morning.
N J Dawood 2014
Thereupon the earthquake felled them, and when morning came they were crouching lifeless in their dwellings
Rashad Khalifa
Consequently, the quake annihilated them, leaving them dead in their homes.
Safi Kaskas
An earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless in their homes.
Samy Mahdy
So the trembling took them, so they became within their home prone, motionless.
Shabbir Ahmed
(In their life of luxury, like other strong nations they felt invincible.) The destruction came from under their feet. A powerful earthquake annihilated them, leaving them lifeless in their homes
Shakir
Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode
Sher Ali
So the earthquake seized them and in their homes they lay prostrate upon the ground
Syed Vickar Ahamed
So the earthquake overtook them while they were not aware, and they lay on their face down in their homes in the morning
T.B.Irving
A tremor caught them; so one morning they lay cowering in their home.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
So the earthquake seized them, leaving them lifeless in their homes.
Talal Itani (2012)
Whereupon the quake overtook them, and they became lifeless bodies in their homes.
The Study Quran
So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them lying lifeless in their abode
The Wise Quran
Then the earthquake took them, and in the morning they lay prone in their dwellings;
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone
Wahiduddin Khan
So the earthquake overwhelmed them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling places
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning