Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
nothing was [needed] but one single blast [of Our punishment] - and lo! they became as still and silent as ashes
Arthur John Arberry
It was only one Cry and lo, they were silent and still
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
It was no more than a single mighty Blast, and behold! they were (like ashes) quenched and silent
Arabic
إِن كَانَتۡ إِلَّا صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَإِذَا هُمۡ خَـٰمِدُونَ ٢٩
Transliteration (2021)
in kānat illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fa-idhā hum khāmidūn