But they denounced him as a liar.1 So a mighty earthquake overtook them, and by the morning they lay overturned in their houses.2
Footnotes
[1]
A grammatical shift from singular to plural.
[2]
A grammatical shift from present tense to past tense.
[3]
That is, “They did not believe that the Prophet Shuaib (peace be upon him) was a Messenger of Allah and the teachings he gave were from Allah and that if they rejected him they would be punished by a torment from Allah.”
[4]
“Dwelling places”: the whole area and country inhabited by them.