Tafheem ul Quran

Surah 7 Al-A'raf, Ayat 78-78

فَاَخَذَتۡهُمُ الرَّجۡفَةُ فَاَصۡبَحُوۡا فِىۡ دَارِهِمۡ جٰثِمِيۡنَ‏ ﴿7:78﴾

(7:78) Thereupon a shocking catastrophe seized them,62 so that they lay prostrate in their dwellings.


Notes

62. Other Qur'anic expressions used for the calamity are 'rajifah' (earthquake) (al-Nazi'at 79: 6); 'sayah' (awesome cry) (Hud 11: 67); 'Sa'iqah' (thunderbolt) (al-Baqarah 2: 55); and 'taghiyah'' (roaring noise) (al-Haqqah 69: 5).