Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Qamar Verse 31

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We sent upon them a single Cry, and they were like crushed leafs of a hedge-builder.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Indeed, We sent against them ˹only˺ one ˹mighty˺ blast, leaving them like the twigs of fence-builders.

Ruwwad Translation Center

We sent against them a single blast, leaving them like trampled hedge-building twigs.

A. J. Arberry

We loosed against them one Cry, and they were as the wattles of a pen-builder.

Abdul Haleem

We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily We We sent upon them one shout, and they became as the stubble of a fold-builder.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.

Abul Ala Maududi

Behold, We sent a single Blast against them, and they became like the trampled twigs of a sheep pen-builder.

Ahmed Ali

We sent a single blast against them, and they were reduced to husks of a decayed fence.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Indeed We sent upon them a single Scream – thereupon they became like the barrier builder’s residual dry trampled hay.

Ali Quli Qarai

We sent against them a single Cry, and they became like the dry sticks of a corral builder.

Ali Ünal

We sent upon them a single Blast, and they became like dried chippings of shrubs used as cattle-fodder.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And We let loose a single and sudden blast against them and they became crushed like dry twigs whittled down by an enclosure-maker.

English Literal

We (E) sent on them one loud strong cry/torture raid, so they were as the dried and broken plants .

Faridul Haque

Indeed We sent upon them a single Scream – thereupon they became like the barrier builder’s residual dry trampled hay.

Hamid S. Aziz

Surely We sent upon them a single Shout (or Blast), so they became like the dry stubble which the maker of an enclosure collects.

Hilali & Khan

Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry, etc.), and they became like the dry stubble of a fold-builder.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be attended.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.

Muhammad Sarwar

We sent upon them a single blast of sound and they were left like hay to be used by the cattle.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Then We sent against them one Shout and they became like the trampled twigs of the (sheep) penbuilder.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Verily, We sent against them a single Sayhah, and they became like straw Al-Muhtazir.

Wahiduddin Khan

Then We sent a single blast against them and they became like dry stubble which has been trampled upon.

Talal Itani

We sent against them a single Scream, and they became like crushed hay.

Tafsir jalalayn

Indeed We unleashed upon them a single Cry, and they became like the chaff of a corral builder (al- muhtazir is one who makes a pen from dried tree-branches and thorns for his sheep, to protect them from wolves and beasts of prey; the fallen parts which they tread are called hashm).

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Verily, We sent against them a single Sayhah, and they became like straw Al-Muhtazir.

They all perished and none of them remained. They were no more, they died out, just as plants and grass dry and die out.

As-Suddi said that they became like the dry grass in the desert when it becomes burned and the wind scatters it all about.

Ibn Zayd said,

"The Arabs used to erect fences (Hizar, from which the word, Al-Muhtazir, is derived) made of dried bushes, around their camels and cattle, so Allah said,
كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ
(like straw Al-Muhtazir.)

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ