Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 37 (29:37)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

Quran 29:37 is ayah 37 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 400 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:37
فَكَذَّبُوهُفَأَخَذَتْهُمُٱلرَّجْفَةُفَأَصْبَحُوا۟فِىدَارِهِمْجَٰثِمِينَ٣٧
fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhathumu l-rajfatu fa-aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna

But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.(37)

Word by word

  1. فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuBut they denied him
  2. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuso seized them
  3. ٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquake
  4. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūand they became
  5. فِىfīin
  6. دَارِهِمْdārihimtheir home
  7. جَٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone

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