31 Preface إِنّا أَرسَلنا عَلَيهِم صَيحَةً واحِدَةً فَكانوا كَهَشيمِ المُحتَظِرِYusuf AliFor We sent against them1 a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.2See n. 1047 to 7:78, and Cf. the same phrase “single Blast” used for the signal for the Resurrection in 36:53. In the case of Thamūd, the destruction seems to have been by a severe earthquake accompanied with a terrible rumbling noise.They became like dry sticks such as are used by herdsmen in making pens or enclosures for their cattle.