37فَكَذَّبوهُ فَأَخَذَتهُمُ الرَّجفَةُ فَأَصبَحوا في دارِهِم جاثِمينَMuhammad AsadBut they gave him the lie. Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground.1See note 62 on 7:78 (a passage which relates to the tribe of Thamud), and note 73 on 7:91.