Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground
M. M. Pickthall
So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Then an ˹overwhelming˺ earthquake struck them, and they fell lifeless in their homes.
Safi Kaskas
An Earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless in their homes.
Wahiduddin Khan
So the earthquake overwhelmed them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling places
Shakir
Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies in their abode
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.
T.B.Irving
A tremor caught them; so one morning they lay cowering in their home.
Abdul Hye
So the earthquake took them in the morning in their homes lying (dead) on their faces.
The Study Quran
So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them lying lifeless in their abode
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.
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)
Thereupon an earthquake overtook them and they became lifeless bodies in their homes with their faces down
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Then the Commotion took them (away), and so (in the morning) they became cowering (bodies) in their residence
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
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
Dr. Munir Munshey
Consequently, an earthquake seized them. The next morning found them lifeless in their homes, lying face down (in dirt)
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
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The Earthquake took them, so they became lifeless in their homes
Abdel Haleem
An earthquake seized them: by the next morning they were lying dead in their homes
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
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
Hamid S. Aziz
Then the earthquake seized them, and in the morning they lay prone in their dwellings
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
So, the earthquake took them, and they became motionless bodies (and died) in their houses.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
So the earthquake took them unaware, and they lay prostrate in their homes
Musharraf Hussain
An Earthquake seized them so violently that they ended up lying face down in their homes
Maududi
Thereupon a shocking catastrophe seized them, so that they lay prostrate in their dwellings
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The earthquake took them, thus they became lifeless in their home.
Mohammad Shafi
Then the earthquake shook them, and they lay prostrate in their houses
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then the earthquake took them so in the morning they lay prostrate in their homes.
Consequently, the quake annihilated them, leaving them dead in their homes.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Thereupon the earthquake seized them, at morning in their dwellings they were crouched, dead
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So the earthquake seized them, and they were motionless bodies in their abodes
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)
Bijan Moeinian
Eventually they were killed by a sudden catastrophe, while resting at home
Faridul Haque
Therefore the earthquake seized them, so at morning they remained lying flattened in their homes
Sher Ali
So the earthquake seized them and in their homes they lay prostrate upon the ground
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
Amatul Rahman Omar
So the earthquake seized them and the morning found them lying prostrate on the ground in their habitations
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
So the earthquake seized them, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
So the quake seized them and they laid lifeless by morning in their homes.
Munir Mezyed
So the earthquake seized them, and they were rendered lifeless in their homes.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
So the earthquake overtook them and they were found face down in their houses in the morning.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
An earthquake took them before they knew what was happening, and they were left flattened in their homes.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Thereupon the Tremor overtook them, and they became lifeless bodies in their home.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
A tremor caught them; so one morning they lay cowering in their home.
Samy Mahdy
So the trembling took them, so they became within their home prone, motionless.
Sayyid Qutb
Thereupon an earthquake overtook them and the morning found them lying lifeless on the ground in their very homes.
Ahmed Hulusi
A harsh earthquake seized them... They collapsed in their homes and died!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Then the earthquake seized them, so they became motionless bodies in their dwellings
There, did the destructive convulsion of the earth's surface seize them and reduced them to a useless form and laid them prostrate and dead under the ruins of their demolished homes
Mir Aneesuddin
So the earthquake took hold of them, thus they became motionless in their houses.
The Wise Quran
Then the earthquake took them, and in the morning they lay prone in their dwellings;