سُوْرَةُ الْقَمَرِ
Surah Al-Qamar (54) — Ayah 31
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ ﴿31﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry), and they became like the stubble of a fold-builder.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّآ
innā
Indeed, We
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
[We] sent
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
upon them
صَيْحَةًۭ
ṣayḥatan
thunderous blast
وَٰحِدَةًۭ
wāḥidatan
single
فَكَانُوا۟
fakānū
and they became
كَهَشِيمِ
kahashīmi
like dry twig fragments
ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ
l-muḥ'taẓiri
(used by) a fence builder
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
31. 1. The fence which is made of dry bushes and wood for the protection of animals, the dry woods and bushes, due to being trampled continuously, become crushed into pieces—similarly, they too were crushed by Our punishment like that fence.
