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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 94
وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَـٰرِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ ﴿94﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when Our Commandment came, We saved Shu‘aib and those who believed with him by a Mercy from Us. And As-Saihah (torment-awful cry) seized the wrong-doers, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
جَآءَ
jāa
came
أَمْرُنَا
amrunā
Our Command
نَجَّيْنَا
najjaynā
We saved
شُعَيْبًۭا
shuʿayban
Shuaib
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believed
مَعَهُۥ
maʿahu
with him
بِرَحْمَةٍۢ
biraḥmatin
by a Mercy
مِّنَّا
minnā
from Us
وَأَخَذَتِ
wa-akhadhati
And seized
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ظَلَمُوا۟
ẓalamū
wronged
ٱلصَّيْحَةُ
l-ṣayḥatu
the thunderous blast
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟
fa-aṣbaḥū
then they became
فِى
fī
in
دِيَـٰرِهِمْ
diyārihim
their homes
جَـٰثِمِينَ
jāthimīna
fallen prone
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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94. Then, when Our command came, We saved Shu‘ayb and those who believed with him by Our mercy, and those who had wronged were seized by a mighty blast [106], so they lay lifeless, facedown [107] in their homes.
[106]
The Nature of the Punishment on the People of Madyan:
Here, it is mentioned that the people of Shu‘ayb were destroyed by a shriek (the cry of an angel), and in Al-A‘raf, an earthquake is mentioned, and in Surah Ash-Shu‘ara, the punishment of the Day of the Canopy is mentioned, meaning that clouds of punishment surrounded them like a canopy. Thus, this nation was afflicted by all three types of punishment, and in each place, the Quran only mentions the punishment that was relevant to the context. For example, in this surah, the nation’s tone was harsh and their words were insolent, and they were threatening to stone him, so here the mention is of a severe, heart-rending punishment, i.e., the shriek. In Surah Al-A‘raf, it is mentioned that the nation threatened to expel him and his companions from the land, so they themselves were destroyed by an earthquake in that very land. And in Surah Ash-Shu‘ara, the nation said to Shu‘ayb ؑ: “If you are truthful, then cause a piece of the sky to fall upon us,” so accordingly, there the punishment of the clouds is mentioned. And it is possible that in each place, the different states of the punishment at different times are being described.
[107] By this threefold punishment, they died in their own homes, and they lay face down clinging to the ground so that the pain of the punishment might be felt a little less, and their area appeared so desolate and uninhabited as if no one had ever lived there.
[106]
The Nature of the Punishment on the People of Madyan:
Here, it is mentioned that the people of Shu‘ayb were destroyed by a shriek (the cry of an angel), and in Al-A‘raf, an earthquake is mentioned, and in Surah Ash-Shu‘ara, the punishment of the Day of the Canopy is mentioned, meaning that clouds of punishment surrounded them like a canopy. Thus, this nation was afflicted by all three types of punishment, and in each place, the Quran only mentions the punishment that was relevant to the context. For example, in this surah, the nation’s tone was harsh and their words were insolent, and they were threatening to stone him, so here the mention is of a severe, heart-rending punishment, i.e., the shriek. In Surah Al-A‘raf, it is mentioned that the nation threatened to expel him and his companions from the land, so they themselves were destroyed by an earthquake in that very land. And in Surah Ash-Shu‘ara, the nation said to Shu‘ayb ؑ: “If you are truthful, then cause a piece of the sky to fall upon us,” so accordingly, there the punishment of the clouds is mentioned. And it is possible that in each place, the different states of the punishment at different times are being described.
[107] By this threefold punishment, they died in their own homes, and they lay face down clinging to the ground so that the pain of the punishment might be felt a little less, and their area appeared so desolate and uninhabited as if no one had ever lived there.
