ٱلْقَمَر : ٣١

  • إِنَّآ Indeed We
  • أَرۡسَلۡنَا [We] sent
  • عَلَيۡهِمۡ upon them
  • صَيۡحَةٗ thunderous blast
  • وَٰحِدَةٗ single
  • فَكَانُواْ and they became
  • كَهَشِيمِ like dry twig fragments
  • ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ (used by) a fence builder
Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
Indeed We unleashed upon them a single Cry, and they became like the chaff of a corral builder (almuhtazir is one who makes a pen from dried tree-branches and thorns for his sheep, to protect them from wolves and beasts of prey; the fallen parts which they tread are called hasheem).