And the blast [of God's punishment] overtook those who had been bent on evildoing: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground,

The (mighty) Blast overtook the wrong-doers, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning,-

And the (awful) Cry overtook those who did wrong, so that morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,

And the cry overtook those who did wrong, so they were motionless bodies in their abodes,

And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone