The Moon 54:31

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Arabic English Morphology
Indeed, We Prep
[We] sent V
upon them Prep
صَيْحَةً ṣayḥatan
thunderous blast Noun
وَٰحِدَةً wāḥidatan
single Noun
and they became V
كَهَشِيمِ kahashīmi
like dry twig fragments Noun
ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ l-muḥ'taẓiri
(used by) a fence builder Noun

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

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ۝٣١

innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmi l-muḥ'taẓir