What does Quran 7:91 mean?

Quran 7:91 (Surah Al-A'raaf, Ayah 91) translates to: "So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone."

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 7:91 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), the 7th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 9.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Divine Punishment, Disbelief, Prophethood, Divine Justice, Eschatological Topics.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

Fa akhazat humur rajfatu fa asbahoo fee daarihim jaasimeen

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

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Lessons from past peoples

7:91Ayah 1206

88 ayahs in Al-A'raaf are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

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So the Trembling the violent earthquake seized them and they lay lifeless prostrate in their habitations keeled over their knees dead.

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