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فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ
Fa akhazat humur rajfatu fa asbahoo fee daarihim jaasimeen
So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!
— Al-A'raf (ٱلْأَعْرَاف), 7:78
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَTransliteration: Fa akhazat humur rajfatu fa asbahoo fee daarihim jaasimeen
Translation (Yusuf Ali): So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!
This is verse 78 of Surah Al-A'raf (ٱلْأَعْرَاف, meaning "The Heights"), the 7th surah of the Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 206 total verses.